IPC & Patient Safety
Healthcare-associated infections, IPC preparedness, WASH, patient safety, outbreak readiness and health-facility assessments.
Research & Programs
AfriHorn Institute for Health & Research (AIHR) is an African-led health research and capacity-development institute rooted in the Horn of Africa and designed for collaboration across Africa.
Our focus
Eight research areas
AMR & One Health
AMR surveillance, antimicrobial stewardship, laboratory capacity, antibiotic use, One Health and implementation research.
Epidemiology & Outbreak Research
Disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, epidemic preparedness, biostatistics and applied epidemiology.
Laboratory & Diagnostic Systems
Laboratory strengthening, quality management, diagnostic systems, referral networks, digital laboratory systems and workforce development.
Vaccines & Immunization
Vaccinology, immunization systems, vaccine confidence, implementation research and community engagement.
Environmental & One Health
Environmental health, chemicals and waste, climate and health, zoonotic diseases and environmental AMR.
Health Systems & Policy
Health-system strengthening, quality of care, health workforce, governance, health financing and evidence translation.
Digital Health & Innovation
Responsible AI, digital health technologies, health simulation, data systems and technology-enabled learning.
Research database
Current and completed projects
Epidemiology & Outbreak ResearchPlanned
Strengthening event-based surveillance for epidemic preparedness
Tests community and facility reporting pathways for early outbreak detection.
- Lead team
- Center for Epidemiology & Outbreak Research
- Outputs
- Expected: protocol
Digital Health & InnovationPlanned
Virtual patient scenarios for IPC training
Develops and tests simulation-based IPC training scenarios with clinical educators.
- Lead team
- Digital Health & Innovation Lab, CLINOVA AI
- Outputs
- Expected: protocol
Vaccines & ImmunizationOngoing
Community listening on vaccine confidence in peri-urban districts
Documents community concerns about immunization and tests tailored engagement approaches.
- Lead team
- Center for Vaccines & Immunization
- Outputs
- [Confirm outputs]
Environmental & One HealthOngoing
Environmental AMR signals in health-facility wastewater: a pilot
Pilots sampling of health-facility wastewater to detect resistance markers and inform One Health surveillance.
- Lead team
- Center for Environmental & One Health
- Outputs
- [Confirm outputs]
IPC & Patient SafetyOngoing
Point-prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections in referral hospitals
Measures the burden of healthcare-associated infections and maps IPC structures and WASH services.
- Lead team
- Center for Infection Prevention & Patient Safety
- Outputs
- Policy brief
AMR & One HealthCompleted
Antimicrobial use and stewardship readiness in outpatient facilities
Describes antibiotic prescribing and readiness for stewardship programmes in primary care.
- Lead team
- Center for AMR & One Health
- Outputs
- Peer-reviewed publication