The Nairobi Innovation Week was held on 26th to 28th April 2022. The faculty of health sciences participated and five departments were represented: Pharmacy, Surgery, Obgyn, Global Health and Medical Microbiology.
The event which was held at Taifa Hall on March 23, 2022 was presided over by Vice Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama.
The ceremony brought together the UoN community to recognize and award outstanding staff and departments in various categories namely; performance contracting, research and innovation, long service, staff performance and special recognition.
Two researchers from the Department of Pharmacy were awarded for their registered inventions in the research and innovation awards category, they include; Dr. Sylvia Atiso Opanga and Dr. Shital Maru.
Globally, prevalence of diabetes and its related complications has drastically increased since 1980 to a high of over 8% by 2018 leading to over 1.5 million deaths (1). When diabetes is not properly managed, it yields poor prognosis yet, many diabetic patients rarely stick to either conventional or herbal medicine alone. Often, they combine both system of management or they abandon the one they feel it does not yield the outcome they desire (2).
