Kawango Agot

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Kawango Agot is a Kenyan professor [1] at the University of Nairobi. [2] Agot's research focuses on HIV, HIV transmission, and male circumcision. [3] She is the Project Coordinator of a joint research project between her university and the universities of Illinois and Manitoba (UNIM), evaluating the effect of male circumcision among HIV in young men. [4]

She is an HIV specialist. [5] [6]

A Fulbright scholar, she earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Nairobi, a Master of Philosophy from Moi University, and a PhD and MPH at the University of Washington. [7]

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