Kawango Agot is a Kenyan professor at the
University of Nairobi. Agot's research focuses on
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of '' Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immu ...
, HIV transmission, and
male circumcision. She is the Project Coordinator of a joint research project between her university and the universities of
Illinois and
Manitoba (UNIM), evaluating the effect of male circumcision among HIV in young men.
She is an HIV specialist.
A
Fulbright scholar
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright–Hays Program, is one of several United States Cultural Exchange Programs with the goal of improving intercultural relations, cultural diplomacy, and intercultural competence between the people of ...
, she earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Philosophy from
Moi University, and a PhD and MPH at the
University of Washington.
References
External links
Kawango Agot Fulbright New Century Scholars Program.
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the African Academy of Sciences
Moi University alumni
University of Nairobi alumni
University of Washington School of Public Health alumni
HIV/AIDS researchers
Kenyan venereologists
Fulbright alumni
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