When medical resident Shannon Kelley Oates, MD, FACE, learned about a new initiative Indiana University (IU) was starting in Kenya in 1990, she knew she had to go.
Read More
Moi University has received a new grant from USAID. USAID 4TheChild program aims to reach over 152,000 orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in households affected by HIV and AIDS in Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Kisumu and Siaya counties..
Read More
Recent travel to Kenya by some of AMPATH’s North American leaders brought welcome feelings of normalcy to IU House and the partnership this month.
Read More
Many AMPATH supporters fondly recall days spent with the children at the Sally Test Child Life Program, the first child life program in Kenya, started by Sarah Ellen Mamlin. She spoke with the program’s director, Ernest Kirui, and shared these updates.
Read More
Kenyan and American physicians are excelling as stronger, more compassionate and effective care providers with the help of a transformational AMPATH training experience.
Read More
Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital has attained yet another milestone--the roll-out of brachytherapy treatment for cancer patients.
Read More
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Dr. Edith Kwobah, head of the department of mental health at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), shared her inspiration and passion for expanding mental health services throughout western Kenya.
Read More
As AMPATH’s newest reproductive health team leader, Anca Matei, MD, FRCSC, provides obstetric and gynecologic clinical care and works with Kenyan colleagues to reduce the inequities in care that women face.
Read More
Peggy is a loyal AMPATH donor and serves on the AMPATH development board. Peggy learned about AMPATH during the inception years when Indiana University began to form the medical school partnership with Moi University in Kenya during the time her husband was chairman of the Department of Medicine.
Read More
IU School of Medicine student Mary Ann Etling worked with pediatricians Dr. Eren Oyungu from Moi University School of Medicine in Kenya and Dr. Megan McHenry from IU School of Medicine as well as Moi medical student, Michael Musili, to develop an interactive map of organizations and resources for children with disabilities in Kenya.
Read More
Available care for cancer patients at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital expanded with the installation of radiotherapy equipment at the Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Diseases Centre.
Read More
Dr. Wilson K. Aruasa, CEO of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), led officials from AMPATH and Moi University College of Health Sciences in signing the Human Resources for Health (HRH) MOU with the County Government of Kakamega late last month.
Read More
Kenya continues to experience a third wave of COVID-19 infections, though the number of cases and percent of positive tests have begun to decrease over the last several weeks.
Read More
Howell first travelled to visit AMPATH and Kenya as part of the Lilly Connecting Hearts Abroad program in 2016. “I had this mindset that I’m going to start with the people and I'm going to stay invested with the people.”
Read More
AMPATH investigators Dr. Florence Jaguga and Jepchirchir (Chiri) Kiplagat, PhD, received prestigious Fogarty Global Health Fellowships through the Northern/Pacific Global Health (NPGH) Research Training Consortium.
Read More
In Kenya, confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose sharply throughout March and the current number of confirmed cases and test positivity rate are among the highest they have been since the start of the pandemic.
Read More
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 More
AMPATH’s Multiple Myeloma Program provides comprehensive myeloma care services. The one-of-a-kind program delivers awareness talks and training of health care providers to improve early-stage disease diagnosis.
Read More
This month, AMPATH helped launch a Busia County Universal Health Coverage (UHC) pilot, a partnership between Busia County Government, National Health Insurance Fund, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and AMPATH.
Read More
The year since COVID-19 was first confirmed in Kenya has been tough. But, among the many ways we’ve been challenged, there are many examples of our ability to get back up and to adapt. In the face of bad news, we’d like to share some good news from the past year.
Read More