Farewell to a dedicated HIV/AIDS Researcher

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Farewell to a dedicated HIV/AIDS Researcher

ine Irungu,Kenya

wairungu@...

Farewell to a dedicated HIV/AIDS Researcher

Dear Colleagues,

It is with a lot of sadness and anger that I inform you of the death

of yet another lead personality in the fight against HIV/AIDS in

Africa, Professor Job Bwayo of the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Sadness because he was a great man who dedicated his life to advancing

teaching of medicine and research in HIV and other STIs. He spent the

latter part of his life as the PI for HIV vaccine research at the

Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI). I worked closely with him as a

collaborating partner in the community involvement activities, CAB

member for KAVI and also in policy development and advocacy in Kenya

and I knew his commitment to finding a user-friendly preventive

vaccine that would especially change the threat of HIV especially for

women in Africa.

Anger because he met his death through the senseless violence that is

being meted by gangsters on innocent members of our society. He was

shot dead in a carjacking incident in one of the suburbs of Nairobi.

Personally I have lost a friend, a mentor, a colleague and a dedicated

researcher.

Fare thee well Prof!

ine Irungu,Kenya

[Guest guest]

Farewell to a dedicated HIV/AIDS Researcher

ine Irungu,Kenya

wairungu@...

Farewell to a dedicated HIV/AIDS Researcher

Dear Colleagues,

It is with a lot of sadness and anger that I inform you of the death

of yet another lead personality in the fight against HIV/AIDS in

Africa, Professor Job Bwayo of the Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative.

Sadness because he was a great man who dedicated his life to advancing

teaching of medicine and research in HIV and other STIs. He spent the

latter part of his life as the PI for HIV vaccine research at the

Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative (KAVI). I worked closely with him as a

collaborating partner in the community involvement activities, CAB

member for KAVI and also in policy development and advocacy in Kenya

and I knew his commitment to finding a user-friendly preventive

vaccine that would especially change the threat of HIV especially for

women in Africa.

Anger because he met his death through the senseless violence that is

being meted by gangsters on innocent members of our society. He was

shot dead in a carjacking incident in one of the suburbs of Nairobi.

Personally I have lost a friend, a mentor, a colleague and a dedicated

researcher.

Fare thee well Prof!

ine Irungu,Kenya