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COURTESY CALL BY A DELEGATION FROM SAN DIEGO ZOO WILDLIFE ALLIANCE (SDZWA)

A delegation from SDZWA, an organisation based in California and which has conservation programs in Kenya made a coursey call to the FVM on Tuesday October 21, 2025. 

The delegation was led by Dr Hendrik Nollens (Vice President of Wildlife Health, SDZWA) and Dr. Stephen Chege, Director SDZWA-Kenya 

The goal of the visit was to seek areas of partnership with the Vet school and capacity building to advance wildlife Health in Kenya. 

During the visit, the following areas were discussed:

UON ANNUAL RESEARCH WEEK 2023

The University is set to hold the 6th Annual Research Week on Monday-Friday, October 23-27, 2023. The theme of the Conference is,  'Harnessing Research for Resilience and Sustainability of Community' 

This year's research week has 16 thematic conferences that will bring together researchers from all over the world to attend the conferences whose mode of delivery is blended for some, and virtual for others. 

FACULTY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE VISIT BY FLEMING FUND AND MOTT McDonald TEAM

The Dean Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM), University of Nairobi, Acting Chairman
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology (VPMP), and other faculty
members had a joint meeting with Professor Stanley Fenwick, One health/ animal health
Technical lead Fleming fund Management Agent and his team from Mott McDonald on 14th
June 2023. This was a physical site visit of the VPMP Microbiology laboratory and an
assessment of the performance of Phase 1 in-country Fleming fund grant. The team also

Nairobi International Trade Fair 2019

The Nairobi International Trade Fair (NITF) was held from 30th September to October 6th 2019 at the Jamuhuri Grounds, Nairobi. The theme for the 2019 was “Promoting Innovation and Technology in Agriculture and Trade”. The college of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences  (CAVS) participated in the event, being major partners and contributors to the efforts of increasing agricultural productivity in the country in line with vision 2030 and the big 4 agenda.