AMPATH recently welcomed two new members to the AMPATH consortium made up of North American universities and medical centers.
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Q&A with Dr. Jeremiah Laktabai, co-leader of AMPATH’s population health department and chair of family medicine at Moi University
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Sixteen MTRH doctors participated in the first Advanced Trauma Life Support course offered in Eldoret Kenya for training on time-critical interventions in emergency situations.
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With 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.
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Wow, 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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As I sit down to write my the first installment of my “blog” detailing my two months here in Kenya, I realize I am having a very hard time conceptualizing the passage of time.
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Sitting on the plane flying from Istanbul to Nairobi, I made sure to document some of the thoughts I had about what this experience—of being a Slemenda Scholar, of living in Sub-Saharan Africa for a summer, of understanding AMPATH would be like.
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A conversation with Sonak Pastakia, Jefferson Science Fellow at USAID, on the role of the private sector in scaling up access to health care in Kenya.
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When pregnant mothers encounter unexpected problems or high-risk conditions, babies and moms need specialized care to ensure their health and survival. In western Kenya, many pregnant mothers lack access to this kind of care because few physicans have advanced training in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Hello from Eldoret. As usual, the past three weeks have flown. It has been a wonderful visit. As to the title "Dow Jones Exceeds Expectations", let me explain. Two outstanding physicians made their first visit to Eldoret, Drs. Dow and Jones.
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In a country with a widely dispersed population, teleconferencing technology is improving access to education and support for health workers in Kenya.
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The group started in late 2014 and aimed to improve the living standards of farmers in the community and eradicate illiteracy though empowerment.
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Through Population Health, AMPATH will make health care achievable and sustainable for all by building upon our foundation of care.
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AMPATH’s work is at the center of a new global initiative called Access Accelerated, a partnership working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goal to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by one-third by 2030.
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With the continued work of AMPATH workers like Mercy and Elizabeth and the growth of programs like outreach screenings that bring care to the people and bring down the barriers to community health, more women like The Beautiful Ones can lead longer, healthy lives and lift up their families and their communities.
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On February 28th, 2018, the population health screening team was in Jua Kali town, Turbo Sub-county offering screening services in groups like they do every Wednesday.
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Cancer treatments for children ages 0 to 15 years old are now offered by the Pediatric Oncology Department in the Hemato-Oncology Division at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
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For more than 15 years physicians working at the AMPATH Centre have been treating patients with HIV.
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The Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin recently joined AMPATH as the newest Consortium member.
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Malezi Mema (“Parenting Well” in Swahili) is a growing AMPATH initiative designed to teach parenting skills and ultimately, to improve health for children and families.
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