Walter Reed Army Institute of Research - Africa (WRAIR-Africa)
Mission: To advance defense health through innovative and collaborative research, public health, and diplomacy in Africa.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, WRAIR-Africa is a forward platform in sub-Saharan Africa for infectious disease surveillance; countermeasure research, development, testing, and evaluation; and health diplomacy. Optimally poised to bridge force health protection gaps in the AFRICOM AOR, WRAIR-Africa engages closely with U.S. allies and partner nations’ local... read more
Mission: To advance defense health through innovative and collaborative research, public health, and diplomacy in Africa.
Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, WRAIR-Africa is a forward platform in sub-Saharan Africa for infectious disease surveillance; countermeasure research, development, testing, and evaluation; and health diplomacy. Optimally poised to bridge force health protection gaps in the AFRICOM AOR, WRAIR-Africa engages closely with U.S. allies and partner nations’ local government institutions, military health services, academic laboratories, private industry, and not-for-profit organizations to identify, characterize, and mitigate health threats to DoD and partner operations. With regional control elements embedded in the U.S. embassies in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, WRAIR-Africa’s network performs infectious disease surveillance, translational research, clinical trials, HIV care and treatment programs, and provides support to outbreak response across sub-Saharan Africa. show less
