Pediatrician Megan McHenry, MD, aims to positively impact children’s lives outside of the hospital and clinics by hosting a book writing contest to get more books for young children into Kenyan homes.
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Happy 2023! As many of you know, people and relationships are what make AMPATH special. I’m delighted you are part of the AMPATH family.
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The National Cancer Institute of Kenya estimates that nine women die every day from cervical cancer, despite it being preventable through HPV vaccinations and more curable if detected early through screening. Every year the world observes Cervical Cancer Awareness in January to create awareness around vaccination, screening, and treatment.
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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an annual international campaign that calls for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. Activities throughout the AMPATH partnership support the campaign goals.
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The AMPATH Consortium welcomes Bill Stauffer, MD, as the new executive site director and Jenny Yang, MD, and Rachel Ogumbo, PharmD, MBS, BCPS, as new team leaders for reproductive health and pharmacy.
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Determining the cause of these fevers and identifying ways to improve care in resource limited settings is the research focus for Nate Nessle, DO, during his Fogarty fellowship year at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Kenya. He believes no child with cancer should die from a fever.
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Throughout western Kenya, AMPATH programs and partners recognized World AIDS Day earlier this month with education and awareness events including webinars, meetings, marches and public education initiatives.
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The AMPATH Multinational Lung Cancer Control Program (MLCCP) supported by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) carried out a series of activities during Lung Cancer Awareness month in November.
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AMPATH partners recognized World Antimicrobial Awareness Week November 18-24 with continuing medical education opportunities for hospital staff and students, outreach to healthcare workers and a procession with education for the public about antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
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Although Kenyan surgical registrar (resident) Dr. Beryl Munda often found herself completely lost in the Indianapolis campus hospitals, her AMPATH educational exchange experience convinced her she was in exactly the right place professionally.
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A former beneficiary of the PEPFAR/USAID-funded Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe (DREAMS) program for adolescent girls and young women joins the public service as an assistant chief.
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The AMPATH Qualitative Research Core (AQRC) offers investigators a resource for qualitative and mixed method research. Violet Naanyu, PhD, is the founder and director of the AQRC which started in 2018 as a resource for investigators.
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The USAID AMPATH Uzima program joined in commemoration of World Prematurity Day in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. This year the aim was to promote Kangaroo Mother Care with the theme: “A parent's embrace: a powerful therapy. Enable skin-to-skin contact from the moment of birth.”
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The AMPATH Consortium welcomes the University of Virginia Center for Global Health Equity as the newest academic health center to join the partnership to improve health and well-being around the world.
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USAID 4TheChild trained youth leaders to harness social media to disseminate COVID-19-related messages and mobilize youth to get vaccinated and also marked the International Day of the Girl Child in early October.
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Leaders from AMPATH Kenya reunited with friends and colleagues and welcomed new partners from Ghana, Mexico and Nepal during the AMPATH Global Gathering in Indianapolis in early October.
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Professor Edwin Were has been involved with AMPATH since its inception. His contribution to the collaborative network that eventually developed AMPATH began in 1991 when he joined Moi University (MU) Faculty of Medicine.
Seven 5th-year Moi University School of Medicine students finally fulfilled the opportunity to complete their rotations hosted by AMPATH Consortium universities in the U.S. this summer.
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The connections Debby Rempis has to Indiana University School of Medicine’s work in Kenya through AMPATH are long and deep. Her parents’ support of and belief in IU’s work in Kenya carried over to Debby, who has made annual financial gifts to AMPATH for years.
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It is with great sadness that we share the news that over the weekend, we lost an extraordinary member of the AMPATH family. Dr. Paula Braitstein joined AMPATH when she moved to Eldoret in 2007 and she quickly became a invaluable member of the team.
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