Karithi Ruth Wanjiru Nduati[1] is a Kenyan Pediatrician and Epidemiologist who also teaches at the University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences.
[2][3] She is also currently leading an interdisciplinary program through the University of Nairobi School of Medicine to educate physician-researchers to best implement HIV treatment and prevention methods backed by research.
[10] In 1997, she co-authored “Communicating with Adolescents about AIDS: Experience from Eastern and Southern Africa” with Wambui Kiai where she considers the impact of culture in developing and implementing effective prevention programs.
[11] Specifically, the book addresses Eastern and Southern Africa’s efforts to influence the sexual behaviors of the youth by diving into multiple factors and nuances of HIV transmission prevention programs, their successes and their shortcomings.
[17] In June 2006, Nduati attended a Conference on Childhood and AIDS hosted by UNICEF in Paris, France, where she stated that a larger, united program is needed to address educational, nutritional, and psychological problems affecting children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
[18] Later that same year in August, Nduati spoke at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, discussing the lack of adequate access to HIV treatment and care targeted towards children in Sub-Saharan Africa.
[3][25] In the COVID-19 pandemic, Nduati is currently working as a volunteer physician at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, advocating for proper hand washing and for wearing masks to limit community spread of the COVID-19 virus.