Confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 122 in Kenya this week as the Government of Kenya enacted new measures to limit community transmission while continuing to prepare the healthcare system to manage an anticipated increase in the number of cases.
Read MoreGlobal health partnerships always face challenges and obstacles. The COVID-19 worldwide pandemic challenges AMPATH in immense ways, but our commitment to partnership is stronger than ever as we meet new opportunities to help resource-limited people in Kenya and around the world.
Read MoreThank you for the concern that many of you have shown for the health and well-being of the people of Kenya, as well as the members of our AMPATH Consortium.
Read MoreYesterday the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was reported in Kenya. According to the Kenya Ministry of Health, the patient is stable and receiving care at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. CDC continues to work with the Ministry of Health to support surveillance and prevention activities.
Read MoreThe Astellas Global Health Foundation awarded a $1.35 million grant over three years to AMPATH to provide 400,000 people with access to mental health programming in western Kenya.
Read MoreProfessor of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Duke University, Peter Kussin, MD, typically spends four months per year working with the AMPATH partnership in Eldoret, Kenya, caring for some of the sickest patients while training the next generation of Kenyan and North American physicians and doing research focused on strengthening care of non-communicable diseases.
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Adrian Gardner, MD, MPH, becomes the new director of the IU Center for Global Health, executive director of the AMPATH Consortium of North American academic health centers and associate dean for global health at Indiana University School of Medicine on February 1.
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The AMPATH partnership welcomes Stanford University as the newest member of the AMPATH Consortium of North American academic health centers.
The team from Stanford is already building connections with the family medicine team working in Webuye, Kenya, and looking forward to increased faculty and trainee engagement.
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AMPATH welcomes back John Oguda as the managing director for IIGH-Kenya, the Kenyan NGO that supports AMPATH Consortium operations in Kenya. In this role, Oguda has responsibility for planning and directing financial and administrative activities for IIGH-K by managing budgetary, financial, personnel and administrative functions.
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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.
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