challenges in Kenya — News & Blog Feed

Celebrating the dream of a world free of HIV

For more than 15 years physicians working at the AMPATH Centre have been treating patients with HIV.

blogby Jo TaylorFebruary 21, 2018our impact, HIV, challenges in Kenya

Start small, start now, learn quickly

Over the past week, I have been trying unsuccessfully to describe concisely what this summer has meant to me.

blogby Roshni DhootJuly 18, 2017challenges in Kenya, global health

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

With the current nurses' strike, public hospitals are operating at sub-optimal levels, which has led to changes in our schedules.

blogby Roshni DhootJune 23, 2017challenges in Kenya, global health, HIV, specialty care

Saving Infants through Nutrition Care

Throughout Kenya, AMPATH supports new mothers to breastfeed their babies and give them the best nutrition possible to build a healthy future.

newsNewsMarch 1, 2017child health, our impact, challenges in Kenya

Clean Kitchen study to reduce household air pollution

Martha coughs as she kneels on the dirt floor to stoke the wood in the open fire pit of her inadequately ventilated one-room cooking hut.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2016agriculture and economic empowerment, chronic diseases, challenges in Kenya, research

Growing up with HIV in Kenya

My name is Odep. I am a heartfelt individual with a keen desire to help others.

blogby OdepJune 29, 2016our impact, child health, challenges in Kenya

Living in Kenya with diabetes

At age 3, I was admitted to the local hospital and after staying for almost a month without anybody having any idea of why I was having problems, someone finally requested a glucose test and I was diagnosed with diabetes.

blogby MaryJune 27, 2016our impact, chronic diseases, challenges in Kenya, success stories

My training in Kenya, part 2

I lost a 3-month old girl last week. She came in on Thursday with respiratory distress and failure to thrive.

blogby Adam CantorFebruary 24, 2016our impact, training, child health, challenges in Kenya

My training in Kenya

There are 4 ward teams at the pediatric hospital at Moi University: Tumaini ('Hope' in Swahili) 1 and 2 and Upendo ('Love' in Swahili) 1 and 2.

Greetings from Eldoret

My first impression of IU House is that it is summer camp for physicians. This is most certainly an oversimplified view of a much more complex program, but the camaraderie and spirit at the house elicits a certain charm that I find incredibly compelling.

blogby Maria SrourFebruary 6, 2016our impact, training, child health, health insurance, challenges in Kenya

Perspective for when global health feels unreachable

Here I am. Fighting, working, running, writing, practicing gratitude.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJanuary 22, 2016global health, challenges in Kenya

When HIV resistance and stigma get tangled together

I tried to convince him that his dreams of going to college and working as an architect are possible if we can get his virus suppressed.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJanuary 22, 2016challenges in Kenya, HIV, stigma

Injustice in Kenya

In 2004, when he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK, Gordon Brown gave a speech describing how the world was failing poor families – and poor babies in particular.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanNovember 2, 2015challenges in Kenya, global health, HIV

This is why we do what we do

I recently sat with Genevieve, a 17-year-old girl living with HIV/AIDS. At first glance, it is difficult to see anything other than disease.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2015HIV, child health, challenges in Kenya, success stories

Miriam is HIV positive, just like her whole family

Miriam is 15-years-old, and she lives at a children’s home for orphans just outside of Eldoret.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJuly 2, 2015challenges in Kenya, HIV

Noelle is 13, HIV positive and her family’s caretaker

She walked all this way to collapse in my exam room

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJuly 2, 2015HIV, challenges in Kenya

AbbVie helps arm home-based counselors with mobile devices

One of AMPATH’s aggressive goals is to reach every eligible individual for HIV testing and counseling in the 4 million person catchment area in western Kenya.

newsNewsJune 1, 2015HIV, technology, challenges in Kenya, specialty care

AMPATH helps provide safe water to those in need

Rarely do we think about scarcity or access to drinking water. Today, however, 1 in 8 people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water and 37% of those people are in sub Saharan Africa.

Teach a person to fish—one step closer to food security

Like so many maladies in developing countries, the focus cannot simply be on the disease. Nutrition is critical when a full stomach is required to take medications.

HADITHI: The story of disclosure among adolescents with HIV

The HADITHI study seeks to better understand issues surrounding disclosure for adolescents and families in our AMPATH clinics.

newsNewsMay 2, 2014HIV, global health, child health, challenges in Kenya

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