In July 2025, 41 clinicians, researchers, midwives, policy makers and educators from 14 countries gathered in Nairobi for the inaugural Global PrAKI Consortium meeting. Led by Katherine Clark, Kate Bramham, Rasha Shemies and Kenneth Chanda, it was three days that changed what is possible for women with pregnancy-associated acute kidney injury.
This was not a traditional research meeting. Structured as a policy lab, participants worked together to move from evidence to action, mapping the problem, identifying solutions and building tools ready to use in real clinical settings.
Four things came out of Nairobi:
It was the beginning of something. And we are just getting started.
Attendees: Dr Ahmed Twahir, Kenya; Prof Alice Beardmore-Gray, UK; Prof Andy Shennan, UK; Prof Amy Giles, USA; Dr Amy Packham-Smith, UK; Dr Ashu Martha-Agbornyenty, Cameroon; Dr Bashir Issak, Kenya; Dr Betty Sam, Sierra Leone; Dr Bianca Davidson, South Africa; Cath Wilson, South Africa; Prof Divya Bajpai, India; Sr Eunice Atsali, Kenya; Prof Hellen Nabwera, Kenya; Prof Jonathan Wala, Zambia; Sr Josephine Miti, Zambia; Dr Joshua Coker, Sierra Leone; Dr June Fabien, South Africa; Dr Karen Imasiku, Zambia; Kate Gakara, Kenya; Sr Katie Wade, South Africa; Dr Katy Kuhrt, UK; Dr Lizemarie Wium, UK; Dr Longa Kaluba, Zambia; Sr Mary Dehinbo, UK; Mercy Kopeka, Zambia; Prof Moses Obimbo Madadi, Kenya; Dr Moses Mukosha, Zambia; Sr Nabila Oktavani, Indonesia; Sr Olivia Snowball, UK; Patrick Amoth, Director General for Health, Kenya; Prof Poli de Figueiredo, Brazil; Prof Robert Kalyesubula, Uganda; Obstetrician Shady Kandil, Roche; Dr Sorcha O’Brien, Ireland; Dr Stephen Mutiso, Ministry of Health (Kenya), Lead Renal Program; Dr Valerie Luyckx, Switzerland; Katherine Clark, UK; Kate Bramham, UK; Alice Beardmore-Gray, UK; Rasha Shemies, Egypt; Kenneth Chanda, Zambia.
Report compiled by Kath Wilson, July 2025