Dinah Chelagat, PhD, dean of the Moi University School of Nursing and Midwifery, reflects on the impact of nurses, the challenges they face and the AMPATH partnership.
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The MTRH/AMPATH AYAM (Afya ya Akili Mashinani—meaning "community mental health”) program launched a school mental health program to promote youth mental health by sensitizing teachers, students, school staff members and parents.
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For more than 20 years, Eli Lilly and Company medications provided by Lilly have helped people living with serious illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and depression in western Kenya.
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AMPATH’s Burkitt lymphoma program focuses on clinical care, patient support, training and research. It addresses limited care, poor infrastructure, and challenges in the referral system.
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In the heart of Kisumu, Kenya, lives a young woman named Yvonne Ogolla who has always had a passion for helping her community. Yvonne grew up in an informal settlement in Kisumu City where poverty, lack of education and teenage pregnancy are prevalent.
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USAID AMPATH Uzima provided vital support to the Uasin Gishu County Health team by aiding in screening over 250 street connected youth for tuberculosis at the Eldoret Children's Rescue Centre in late July.
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We are deeply saddened by the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Peninah Musula. People close to her have shared memories and tributes.
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To promote collaboration and unity among HIV national molecular laboratories, AMPATH Care Laboratory successfully hosted a laboratory stakeholder forum in June at AMPATH Training Institute in Eldoret which included stakeholders from labs throughout the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza regions.
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Early this month, USAID Dumisha Afya supported a two-day Quality Improvement (QI)-HIV best practice and learning forum in Busia in collaboration with the Department of Health and Sanitation.
The Astellas Global Health Foundation, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and other AMPATH partners are working together to improve diagnosis and care for youth and adults with mental health challenges and improve community understanding of these conditions.
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The 28th of April 2023 was a big day for the USAID AMPATH Uzima family as its Pediatric Clinic celebrated and ushered 85 adolescents to the MTRH Rafiki Clinic as their new care home.
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AMPATH's care and research programs, including USAID AMPATH Uzima, USAID Dumisha Afya and USAID 4TheChild attended the Kenya Medical Association Scientific Conference in Mombasa County.
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Kenya is grappling with the triple burden of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overnutrition (overweight and obesity) and micronutrient deficiency.
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AMPATH partners have embarked on a new five-year D43 training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) entitled “Training in HIV Implementation Science and Dissemination in Kenya (HIV-ID).”
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Each year the world commemorates the World Hygiene Day on May 5th to advocate for the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare and to bring people together in support of hand hygiene improvement worldwide.
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Learn more about many aspects of mental health.
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World Bipolar Day is recognized each year on March 30th, the birthday of artist Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as likely having a bipolar condition. The day is designated to raise worldwide awareness of bipolar conditions and to work to eliminate social stigma while providing information to educate and help people understand the condition.
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Moi University leadership and management witnessed the remarkable progress that is taking place within USAID 4TheChild and contributed to the program’s learning agenda during a recent two-day visit to many of the program’s initiatives.
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Members of the incoming 4th-year class of Moi University School of Medicine received a stethoscope gift in a ceremony on April 6th.
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The Ministry of Health, through Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and AMPATH, tested the Primary-Health Integrated Care for Four Chronic Diseases (PIC4C) model that integrates early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, diabetes, breast and cervical cancer into the primary care level supported by a robust and seamless referral system.
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