Environmentally Sustainable Health Research (SHARE): Evaluating Sustainability Tools in Kenyan Health Research Contexts

This study represents the Kenya component of the Environmentally Sustainable Health Research (SHARE) project, a three-year international research initiative funded by Wellcome Trust. The SHARE project employs a multi-country comparative approach across the United Kingdom, India, Kenya, Ghana, and Brazil to examine how environmental sustainability tools developed primarily in the Global North function within diverse geographical, cultural, and resource contexts.

The overarching SHARE project aims to develop context-sensitive, just, systems-focused, and reflexive frameworks for environmentally sustainable health research through empirical investigation, conceptual analysis, and co-design methodologies. While each country component maintains independence in its specific implementation and local focus, the coordinated approach enables comparative analysis that strengthens understanding of how cultural, infrastructural, and policy contexts influence sustainability tool effectiveness. Kenya presents a particularly important context for examining these dynamics due to several factors. The country serves as a major hub for international health research collaborations, hosting numerous global health studies and maintaining partnerships with research institutions worldwide.