Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) is a state corporation established through the Science and Technology (Amendment) Act of 1979, as the national body responsible for carrying out health research in Kenya. KEMRI has grown to become a regional leader in human health research, and currently ranks as one of the leading centres of excellence in health research both in Africa as well as globally. In its commitment to meeting the health challenges KEMRI has consolidated its research activities into four main programmes: infectious diseases; parasitic diseases; epidemiology, public health and health systems research; and biotechnology and non-communicable diseases.
Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ni shirika la kiserikali lililoanzishwa kupitia kwa marekebisho ya sheria ya sayansi na tekinolojia ya mwaka wa 1979.Kama shirika la kiserikali lina jukumu la kufanya utafiti wa afya nchini Kenya.KEMRI imekua na kuwa kiongoza katika sehemu zilizokaribu katika utafiti wa afya ya binadamu, na hivi sasa imechukua nafasi bora katika utafiti wa afya barani Afrika na ulimwenguni. Ili kuhakikisha kuwa wanaweza kutatua changamoto za afya, KEMRI imeunganisha shughuli zake za maazimio katika programu inne: magonjwa yanayoambukiza, magonjwa yanayosababishwa na vimelea, epidemolojia, afya ya raia, na utafiti wa utaratibu wa afya; na bioteknolojia pamoja na magonjwa yasiyoweza kuambukiza.