The AMPATH surgery team participated in a prototype showcase for the Global Surgical Training Challenge to demonstrate their progress in development of the AMPATH Surgical App (ASAP) to train clinicians who are expected to perform open appendectomies.
Read MoreIn recognition of Sickle Cell Awareness Month in September, Dr. Festus Njuguna talks about his career and the AMPATH Sickle Cell program.
Read MoreDirect cash transfers funded by AMPATH donors are providing a financial lift to members of AMPATH’s community groups hit hardest by COVID-19.
Read MoreDespite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the USAID-supported AMPATHPlus program continues to provide care and treatment for people living with HIV in western Kenya.
Read MoreWhen 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 MoreMoi 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 MoreRecent 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 MoreMany 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 MoreKenyan and American physicians are excelling as stronger, more compassionate and effective care providers with the help of a transformational AMPATH training experience.
Read MoreMoi Teaching and Referral Hospital has attained yet another milestone--the roll-out of brachytherapy treatment for cancer patients.
Read MoreIn 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 MoreAs 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 MorePeggy 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 MoreIU 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 MoreAvailable 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 MoreDr. 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 MoreKenya 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 MoreHowell 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 MoreAMPATH 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 MoreIn 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.
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