U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter, his wife Victoria, and representatives from USAID visited Iten County Referral Hospital in Elgeyo Marakwet County, which hosts one of AMPATH's Comprehensive Care Clinics.
Professor Sylvester Kimaiyo is the AMPATH executive director of care programs and the Chief of Party of the USAID-funded AMPATHPlus program. Kimaiyo has been involved in all aspects of AMPATH since its inception.
Read MoreMary Goretti Boroswa was one of AMPATH’s first HIV patients. As her health improved, she became a bicycle racer who dared to put AMPATH and her HIV status on her racing jersey, despite the enormous stigma.
Read MoreDaniel Ochieng was the first HIV+ patient to receive treatment through the partnership that became AMPATH.
Read MoreIn August 2019, AMPATH was contracted by USAID to take over HIV care and related activities in Turkana County. Although it is expanding to Turkana with excellent performance in other parts of Kenya, it knows Turkana County is unique and unlike any other.
Read MoreInspired by AMPATH’s successful HIV care and control program, Pat Loehrer, MD, saw the possibility of creating a similar revolutionary change in cancer care.
Read MoreA team from AMPATH Consortium member University of Toronto, Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital created a video to highlight the unique Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship now available.
Read MoreMany Nandi homes, like other traditional Kenyan communities, cook using biomass fuels like wood and agricultural wastes in inadequately ventilated kitchens. The Nandi-improved kitchens were designed jointly with women from Nandi and with the help of the Purdue University Global Air Quality Trekkers (GAQT) engineering team.
Read MoreEach year Kenyan and North American AMPATH partners and leaders gather to discuss recent advances, future plans and enhancing collaborations. This year’s summit was hosted by Eli Lilly in Indianapolis.
Read MoreIU House is home for AMPATH Consortium faculty members, learners and guests whether they are in Eldoret for a few days, several weeks or many years. Dunya Karama makes sure every guest feels welcome and safe and is the Kenyan “mama” to all who enter.
Read MoreKenyan and North American faculty members and their colleagues involved with the AMPATH Research Network met last month in Eldoret to work collaboratively to set the partnership’s strategic research vision for the future.
Read MoreI will retire from Indiana University and my positions as director of the IU Center for Global Health and executive director of the AMPATH Consortium on January 31, 2020.
Read MoreMore than 340 medical and dental students from Moi University have completed elective clinical rotations at North American academic health centers that are part of the AMPATH Consortium. This year, Brown University, Duke University, Indiana University, Mount Sinai and the University of Toronto welcome 17 learners:
Read MoreKara Wools-Kaloustian, MD, MS, has been named co-director of research (North America) for the AMPATH partnership and director of research for the Indiana University Center for Global Health (IUCGH). In her new role, Wools-Kaloustian collaborates with Professor Winstone Nyandiko, AMPATH’s co-director of research (Kenya).
Read MoreThis year marks the 10th anniversary of the Riley Mother and Baby Hospital (RMBH) at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya.
Read MoreSuicide is a global public health problem and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), one person dies every 40 seconds as a result of committing suicide.
Read MoreThe name Sally Test has become synonymous with the child life program that provides educational and recreational activities for children at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital in Eldoret, Kenya. This summer, for the first time, members of the Test family visited the center named after their matriarch.
Read MoreMost doctors and other experts will tell you that it is important to stay active in retirement. John Lawrence, MD, and his wife Dale took that advice to heart...literally.
When Dr. Lawrence retired, his bags were already packed. The very next day he and Dale left for Kenya to begin a decade of collaboration with Kenyan and North American colleagues to enhance the cardiac care provided through the AMPATH partnership.
Read More“The decision to return to Eldoret, not even a year after leaving, was a simple one. The minute I departed from Nairobi I knew I would be back as soon as I could. I had no doubts that I would return to learn and live life for another month in the place that had made me a better version of myself, as well as a better citizen of the world.”
Read MoreFour North American physicians join the AMPATH partnership as new team leaders this summer and will work with their Kenyan counterparts at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Moi University School of Medicine to lead in the areas of medicine, pediatrics, surgery and reproductive health.
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