In 1984, Ngugi in collaboration with Frank Plummer from the University of Manitoba helped establish the Majengo Clinic in Majengo, Kenya. The clinic has gone onto serve as a site for a multitude of HIV/AIDS research and as a site for sex workers to receive treatment and prevention services for sexually transmitted diseases.[1] Through this clinic, Ngugi worked in the forefront of treating sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea and chlamydia.[2]
In 1992, Ngugi with Peter Piot, Jonathan Mann, Bila Kapita, Robert Colebunders co-authored "AIDS IN AFRICA: A manual for physicians" and published it through WHO for the purpose of aiding physicians in diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS. The manual also served as an educational material for physicians on what should be expected and on the possible transmission methods of HIV.[3]
In 1981, while still practicing as a nurse, Ngugi presented a paper about the emerging, new role of nurses in the Kenyan health system. She emphasized the role of nurses in not only caring for the patient but engaging with and caring for the patient's family members.[4]
Elizabeth Ngugi was involved in research that examined the efficacy of a contraceptive sponge in preventing HIV infection among Nairobi sex workers. The study found that the sponge was not effective in reducing infection.[5]
^Piot, Peter, Kapita, Bila M, Ngugi, Elizabeth N, Mann, Jonathan M, Colebunders, Robert. et al. (1992). AIDS in Africa : a manual for physicians. World Health Organization. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/40034
