News & Blog Feed — AMPATH Kenya

Chili Lemon Potato Chips

The African sun is spectacularly bright, the sky a calming blue, and the temperature a perfect 70. I've just returned from a walk in downtown Eldoret.

blogby Ken CornettaJune 24, 2016cancer, our impact, partners, specialty care

What Lilly means to us

As I was walking through the new Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Diseases Centre at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya, I was reminded of the early days of diabetes mellitus (DM) care in western Kenya.

blogby Sonak PastakiaJune 24, 2016our impact, chronic diseases, partners, supportive services

Eli Lilly and Company makes largest product donation to AMPATH to date

For more than a decade Eli Lilly and Company has partnered with AMPATH to provide medicine for diabetes, cancer, and mental health patients in western Kenya.

newsDeborah NearyJune 1, 2016partners, our impact, diabetes, cancer, mental health

Chics for Chicks: Nutrition, empowerment and sustainable health

Nine-year-old Mary* has been living at the AMPATH Amani Shelter for the past six months. She is an HIV-positive orphan, both of her parents having succumbed to the disease.

newsNewsMay 1, 2016our impact, nutrition, economic empowerment

Clinical Officer makes strides with adolescent HIV support groups

Meshack Murto is 36 years old and has worked for 11 years as an AMPATH clinical officer. Murto has been with AMPATH long enough to witness some of the "good" and some of the "bad."

newsNewsApril 1, 2016HIV, our impact

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

US Ambassador meets Moi and AMPATH leadership

This month US Ambassador to Kenya, Bob Godec, met with Moi University, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and AMPATH leadership.

newsNewsFebruary 1, 2016events, news, partners

Dean of the IU School of Medicine makes inaugural trip to Kenya

Last week the Indiana University School of Medicine Dean, Jay Hess, MD, and the Chair of the Department of Medicine, Mark Geraci, MD, returned after their inaugural trip to Eldoret, Kenya, to see firsthand the global reach of the IU School of Medicine and the impact that the school has had on the lives of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.

newsNewsFebruary 1, 2016Indiana University, events, news, partners

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

The story of AMPATH’s first financial supporter

More than 25 years ago, one Indianapolis philathropist, Marty Moore, heard about the global health vision of four Indiana University faculty members and fronted the funds for them to explore a potential partnership with a medical school in Africa or Asia.

newsNewsDecember 20, 2015history, partners

Community-run microfinance groups proven in sustainable health efforts

In an effort to help improve income security in western Kenya, AMPATH developed a community-run microfinance model called Group Integrated Savings for Empowerment (GISE).

newsNewsDecember 1, 2015agriculture and economic empowerment, partners, our impact

Celebration in Red, World AIDS Day 2015

It is December 1, World AIDS Day, and I am so excited for Celebration in Red.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanDecember 1, 2015world aids day, celebration in red, events, HIV

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

2015 World AIDS Day: Celebrate Brenda

You have to follow a series of bumpy, dusty trails to find Brenda’s home.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanNovember 2, 2015world aids day, celebration in red, hiv, events, success stories

The 2015 World AIDS Day Youth Soccer Tournament in Kenya

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.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanNovember 2, 2015celebration in red, world aids day, HIV, events, success stories