Between college and graduate school, Peace Corps volunteer Ken Kobe taught at a small secondary school in Port Victoria. Ken made a follow up visit to Kenya after he left the Peace Corps, but his love for Kenya was destined to remain long-distanced. Finally, 35 years later, he returned.
Read MoreFormer IU Medicine residents reflect on their lifechanging experience in Eldoret, Kenya with AMPATH
Read MoreI am a doctor and medicine team leader with AMPATH. In October, I was able to return to my Kenyan home as travel restrictions lifted. Back in the spring, I was recalled to the states because of COVID. As a donor and friend of AMPATH, you are vital to the care given to people in Kenya. I wanted to share with you what I’ve seen and heard.
Read MoreAfter retiring from Indiana University, Dr. Bob Einterz became the Health Officer of St. Joseph County, Indiana, leading the county’s Department of Health. Bob shares some updates about his new role:
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One could tell the story of AMPATH as if it were a seamless path toward success. The Indiana University partnership with our Kenyan colleagues gave birth to a second medical school for Kenya, the Moi University School of Medicine. Those who have followed AMPATH carefully know well that the journey itself has never been “seamless.”
Read MoreMy mum Leah Njeri, who was known as Rachel to most Indiana University/AMPATH folks, was an amazing woman. Everyone probably says that about their mum.
Read MoreI will retire from Indiana University and my positions as director of the IU Center for Global Health and executive director of the AMPATH Consortium on January 31, 2020.
Read MoreThe name Sally Test has become synonymous with the child life program that provides educational and recreational activities for children at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. This summer, for the first time, members of the Test family visited the center named after their matriarch.
Read More“The decision to return to Eldoret, not even a year after leaving, was a simple one. The minute I departed from Nairobi I knew I would be back as soon as I could. I had no doubts that I would return to learn and live life for another month in the place that had made me a better version of myself, as well as a better citizen of the world.”
Read MoreA quiet, private gesture of generosity gave birth and momentum to what has become one of the largest HIV treatment programs in the world. After more than 15 years, the story behind the Mosoriot Clinic can finally be shared.
Read MoreAMPATH is extremely grateful for the support of donors such as Tim and Tonia Hassinger. The Hassingers have been supporting AMPATH since 2015 and most recently provided matching funds for AMPATH’s year-end fundraising campaign. Tonia Hassinger shares her passion for AMPATH:
Read MoreAMPATH ENT camps occur every February and are a time where North American otolaryngologists join their counterparts at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) to see patients in clinic and perform surgeries.
Read MoreObserving Kenyan medical student Tabitha Maisiba reflects on her time at AMPATH consortium member University of Toronto Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Read MoreWinnie Rotich is an observing Kenyan medical student with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto, a member of the AMPATH consortium. She reflects on her experience in Toronto and the ways she will use her experience to improve care in Kenya.
Read MoreAfter a few weeks into my Slemenda summer, I eventually joined up with Dr. Laura Ruhl who founded a program called Chama cha MamaToto. These are peer support groups for pregnant and breastfeeding women with the goal of decreasing barriers to health and maternal stress.
Read MoreIn 2013, a partnership began between Dow Agrosciences/Corteva and AMPATH. Since then, employees have been passionately engaged in providing aid in the area of food insecurity in Kenya. Erica Duffy from Corteva Agriscience is blogging from Eldoret for 6 months
Read MoreAfter numerous hours on planes and at least 10 different security checks involving me pulling out my otoscope and demonstrating its function to the security officers, I have arrived back in the United States.
Read MoreWith our first two weeks in Eldoret being devoted to learning more about AMPATH, the last four weeks thus far have been focused more on individual projects. During this time, I have had the opportunity to become more acquainted with AMPATH Surgery and work with surgery team lead Dr. Connie Keung on several different surgery-related projects.
Read MoreWow, it has already been a month in Kenya and there has been a lot going on for us Slemenda Scholars and AMPATH.
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