{"id":4503,"date":"2015-06-03T22:34:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/?page_id=4503"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:10:39","slug":"ruth-nduati","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/about\/who-we-are\/uon\/ruth-nduati\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Nduati, MBChB, MMed, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. Ruth Nduati, MBChB, MMED, MPH, was the lead Kenyan Co-Investigator of the \"Breastfeeding and Transmission of HIV\u00a0Study,\" after she completed her master's degree program at the University of Washington in October 1994.\u00a0 She entered the MPH program in the Department of Epidemiology in September 1991, and after graduating was appointed as an Advanced In-Country Scholar.\u00a0 Dr. Nduati has become a recognized international authority on the perinatal transmission of HIV and has emerged as a leader in her field in Africa. While maintaining her teaching post as a professor at the University of Nairobi and continuing her clinical and research work, Dr. Nduati is also serving as Secretary of the Network of AIDS Researchers in Eastern and Southern Africa (NARESA) and was a member of the Scientific Secretariat of the Ghent Working Group on Mother to Child Transmission of HIV-1.\u00a0 She was the coordinator of a Perinatal HIV-1 Interventions Workshop at the 1997 AIDS in Africa conference. She is co-author of a book, \"Communicating with Adolescents on HIV\/AIDS in East and Southern Africa\", co-author of several UNICEF manuals, and published the results of her breastfeeding study<\/a> in the JAMA in 2000.\u00a0 In 2001, Dr. Nduati was also the first author on an article published in the Lancet, \"Impact of Breastfeeding on Mortality of HIV-1 Infected Women: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial.\"<\/a>\u00a0 In September 2002 she was awarded a CDC\/WHO study that looks at the effect of HAART on breastmilk HIV transmission.\u00a0 This study has completed enrollment and follow-up, and data analysis is underway.\u00a0 In 2004, Dr. Nduati was awarded a PEPFAR grant to provide prevention of mother-to-child transmission interventions in rural Kenya.\u00a0 In 2006, she was a plenary speaker at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, where she spoke about pediatric HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, Dr. Nduati is Chair of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Nairobi and is working on the Medical Education Partnership Initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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  1. Bhardwaj, V, Stanberry, LR, LaRussa, P, James, W, Mahida, M, Kanyamuhunga, A et al.<\/i>. Correction: The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey: Facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, and capacity to respond to emergencies. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;6 (1):e0005805. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0005805<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41493935<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12788184<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Bhardwaj, V, Stanberry, LR, LaRussa, P, James, W, Mahida, M, Kanyamuhunga, A et al.<\/i>. The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey: Facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, and capacity to respond to emergencies. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025;5 (11):e0005153. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pgph.0005153<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41296752<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12654909<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Atlas, HE, Mogeni, P, Shawon, RA, Tickell, KD, Bunyige, L, Monchari, I et al.<\/i>. Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children. BMJ Glob Health. 2025;10 (11):. doi: 10.1136\/bmjgh-2025-020294<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41285436<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12645614<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. Mungai, LNW, Njeru, C, Njoroge, A, Maina, M, Ilovi, S, Nduati, RW et al.<\/i>. Challenges and opportunities with providing genetic testing and counseling for mucopolysaccharidosis type II in Kenya. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2025;20 (1):558. doi: 10.1186\/s13023-025-03881-3<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41189009<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12587688<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. Nduati, R, Wanje, G, Matheka, E, Emboyoga, R, Nduati, P, Wamalwa, D et al.<\/i>. Inter-professional mentor teams (IP-MT) and systems analysis and improvement approach (SAIA) for elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (eMTCT) at University affiliated teaching and referral hospitals in Kenya. medRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101\/2025.09.22.25336422<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41040690<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12485978<\/a>.<\/ol>Search PubMed<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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