Curtain falls on HIV researcher and advocate

At the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Medicine building, students and employees gather around a table at the far end of its second floor corridor. They are in mourning.

“I will miss her... I was eagerly awaiting her class last week but she didn’t show up... Why did she have to leave so soon without a proper goodbye?” one student asked, standing next to the portrait of Elizabeth Ngugi, a woman they say has gone too soon.