Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) ↗
Siaya population research and local field collaboration
Population research setting · Kenya
Siaya
Population-based studies connect weather exposure to wearable measurements of sleep, activity and heart rate. Related projects investigate farmers’ heat strain and weather-related health challenges among people living with HIV.
Implemented research
Research priorities
Research focus
Wearable cohorts · Heat exposure · HIV and health · Farmer physiology
Goals & priorities
Objectives
- Investigate heat and weather exposure alongside wearable observations of sleep, activity and cardiovascular signals.
- Study heat strain in farming and climate-sensitive vulnerability among people living with HIV.
- Strengthen locally maintained environmental measurements and exchange practical field experience.
Partners & connections
Partner institutions
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) ↗
Digital Global Health, shared methods and academic research collaboration
DFG Research Unit FOR 2936 ↗
Research programme linking climate change and health in sub-Saharan Africa
The institutions and roles shown here describe the documented research and exchange connections. Responsibilities for individual studies are set by the participating teams.
Current status · 12 November 2026
Implemented research
Wearable and farmer-health studies document implemented research in the Siaya setting. Heat to Harvest and weather/HIV work have published protocols. The December 2025 KEMRI workshop documents technical exchange on weather stations. These activities have distinct designs and timelines.
Publications & evidence
Related publications
The labels distinguish project or site publications from related studies and shared methods. Protocols describe research designs, rather than proven health effects.
2024Site studyObservational study
Assessment of Heat Exposure and Health Outcomes in Rural Populations of Western Kenya by Using Wearable Devices: Observational Case Study ↗
Links weather exposure with wearable measurements of sleep, activity and heart rate in rural western Kenya.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗2025Site feasibility studyFeasibility study
Acceptability and feasibility of research grade wearables for monitoring heat stress in Kenyan farmers ↗
Tests research-grade wearables for monitoring heat stress among subsistence farmers in Siaya HDSS.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗2025Site study protocolStudy protocol
Wearable device monitoring of HIV health in the face of climate change and weather exposures: protocol for a mixed-methods study ↗
Plans wearable and survey research on weather exposure and health among people with and without HIV.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗2025Multi-site protocolStudy protocol
Assessing heat exposure and its effects on farmer health, harvest yields, and nutrition: a study protocol for Burkina Faso and Kenya ↗
Heat to Harvest studies the pathway from heat exposure through work capacity and crop yields to child nutrition.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗2023Shared frameworkMethods
Widening the lens of population-based health research to climate change impacts and adaptation: the climate change and health evaluation and response system (CHEERS) ↗
Introduces the modular CHEERS framework linking population surveillance, environmental measurements and individual health data.
Methods, findings & limitations ↗Connected projects
Research connections
Sources & updates
Sources and updates
- Read the western Kenya study ↗
- Public contact / role: Dr Stephen Munga ↗
- Public contact / role: Dr Sandra Barteit ↗
- Connected project: Heat to Harvest ↗
- Connected project: Weather, heat & HIV ↗
- Connected project: Locally built weather stations ↗
Profile reviewed 12 November 2026. Suggest a profile update ↗
Network resources & exchange
Related resources and exchange
Workshops & programme contributions
Locally built weather stations at KEMRIExpanding the HDSS approachClimate and health across African cohorts
Related measurement & analysis components
Kenya / Technical exchange
Sharing experience in field methods.
Technical exchange at KEMRI in Kisumu. These workshop photographs do not depict Siaya field data collection. Photographs: Heidelberg University Hospital / Digital Global Health.
Workshop programme & methods