Throughout western Kenya, AMPATH programs and partners recognized World AIDS Day earlier this month with education and awareness events including webinars, meetings, marches and public education initiatives.
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The AMPATH Multinational Lung Cancer Control Program (MLCCP) supported by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) carried out a series of activities during Lung Cancer Awareness month in November.
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AMPATH partners recognized World Antimicrobial Awareness Week November 18-24 with continuing medical education opportunities for hospital staff and students, outreach to healthcare workers and a procession with education for the public about antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Although Kenyan surgical registrar (resident) Dr. Beryl Munda often found herself completely lost in the Indianapolis campus hospitals, her AMPATH educational exchange experience convinced her she was in exactly the right place professionally.
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A former beneficiary of the PEPFAR/USAID-funded Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) program for adolescent girls and young women joins the public service as an assistant chief.
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The AMPATH Qualitative Research Core (AQRC) offers investigators a resource for qualitative and mixed method research. Violet Naanyu, PhD, is the founder and director of the AQRC which started in 2018 as a resource for investigators.
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The USAID AMPATH Uzima program joined in commemoration of World Prematurity Day in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. This year the aim was to promote Kangaroo Mother Care with the theme: “A parent's embrace: a powerful therapy. Enable skin-to-skin contact from the moment of birth.”
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The AMPATH Consortium welcomes the University of Virginia Center for Global Health Equity as the newest academic health center to join the partnership to improve health and well-being around the world.
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USAID 4TheChild trained youth leaders to harness social media to disseminate COVID-19-related messages and mobilize youth to get vaccinated and also marked the International Day of the Girl Child in early October.
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Leaders from AMPATH Kenya reunited with friends and colleagues and welcomed new partners from Ghana, Mexico and Nepal during the AMPATH Global Gathering in Indianapolis in early October.
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Professor Edwin Were has been involved with AMPATH since its inception. His contribution to the collaborative network that eventually developed AMPATH began in 1991 when he joined Moi University (MU) Faculty of Medicine.
Seven 5th-year Moi University School of Medicine students finally fulfilled the opportunity to complete their rotations hosted by AMPATH Consortium universities in the U.S. this summer.
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The connections Debby Rempis has to Indiana University School of Medicine’s work in Kenya through AMPATH are long and deep. Her parents’ support of and belief in IU’s work in Kenya carried over to Debby, who has made annual financial gifts to AMPATH for years.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news that over the weekend, we lost an extraordinary member of the AMPATH family. Dr. Paula Braitstein joined AMPATH when she moved to Eldoret in 2007 and she quickly became a invaluable member of the team.
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New team leaders from the AMPATH Consortium arrive in Eldoret later this summer to begin work beside their Kenyan colleagues, educate medical trainees and improve healthcare through research and innovation.
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Since its inception a decade ago, the AMPATH Multiple Myeloma (MM) Program has significantly improved diagnosis and access to care for patients in western Kenya.
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SIGN Fracture Care has selected MTRH as the first location for the new SIGN Spine program to address spine trauma in low- and middle-income countries.
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The MTRH Rafiki Center for Excellence in Adolescent Health caters to the unique needs of teens with HIV by providing treatment, nutritional support, peer support groups, educational sessions and more.
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After multiple delays caused by COVID-19, three psychiatry registrars (residents) from Moi University School of Medicine spent the last two months at AMPATH Consortium member Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, learning about various aspects of psychiatry practice in the U.S.
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In communities throughout western Kenya, AMPATH initiatives are supporting care, training and research to improve health by working in partnership to build public sector health systems and promote well-being.
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