Jesse Gitaka currently works at the School of Medicine, Mount Kenya University. Jesse does research in Infectious Diseases and Maternal and Newborn Health. Their current projects include 'Malaria Epidemiology in Lake Victoria islands, Rapid and Multiplex Detection of Maternal Bacterial infections, Pathogen Point of Care detection, Implementation Science for WHO Possible Severe Bacterial Infections guidelines, Collaborative Newborn Support Project and Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in selected facilities in Kenya'