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.
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You have to follow a series of bumpy, dusty trails to find Brenda’s home.
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Ethan is 18, and he has been living with HIV since he was born. For the first years of his life, he was sickly and small. Every day, in the silence of her heart, his mother wept for him.
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Each year, through the Mwangaza Scholarship program, AMPATH is able to assist approximately 72 Kenyan medical students with their school fees.
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Last month, AMPATH was showcased in an Indianapolis-based storytelling event called IndeTale
Read MoreThis summer the chemotherapy tent outside the AMPATH Centre was taken down and the doors of the Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Disease Centre were open for business.
Read MoreI 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.
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Education is considered a fundamental human right for those living in North America; however, often times for the children in western Kenya it is a privilege.
Read MoreAccording to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Mental Health Atlas, nearly one in 10 people have a mental health disorder worldwide; however, only one percent of the global health workforce is working in mental health.
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This is the real story that I get to hear many times, for many children. From death to life. And even though it is a story we hear over and over, you can’t grow tired of the miracle.
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Miriam is 15-years-old, and she lives at a children’s home for orphans just outside of Eldoret.
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She walked all this way to collapse in my exam room
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Last month, Chicago Fire TV star, Jesse Spencer, and his girlfriend, Kali Woodruff, spent a few days in Eldoret learning first-hand about the AMPATH program.
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Purdue University’s Innovation in International Development (I2D) Lab was launched in March 2015 with the announcement of seed funding for designing and testing innovative yet appropriate solutions for communities in low and middle income countries.
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Today, 3.4 million children are living with HIV and 90% of them are in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, only 16% (about 20,000) of HIV-infected children were receiving treatment in Kenya.
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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.
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I want you to hear the stories of these women and children who sit in my cramped exam room, whose hands I hold, in whose eyes I see hope and despair and determination.
Read MoreAMPATH discovered early on that providing anti-retroviral drugs did not fully solve many of the HIV patients' problems. Often times patients come to the clinic malnourished or not knowing when their next meal will be; therefore, one important component of AMPATH is food and income security.
Read MoreAn international team of oncology research specialists led by Indiana University has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study HPV and cervical cancer in Kenyan women with HIV/AIDS.
Read MoreAssisting 200 million-plus people in Africa who are food insecure is part of Dow AgroSciences’ comprehensive food insecurity initiative.
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