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Seven open heart surgeries were conducted last month at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), representing the first successful open heart surgeries in Kenya conducted outside of Nairobi and Mombasa.

Caitlin Bernard, MD, IU School of Medicine faculty in Obstetrics and Gynecology, is working to improve women’s health with AMPATH’s maternal and child health team in Kenya.

AMPATH’s Field Director of Oncology and Hematology, Chite Asirwa, MD, received the Hero Award from Children’s Place International at the organization’s annual Place the Hope gala in Chicago on October 18th. 

AMPATH is working to improve the system for identifying and treating mental illness in Kenya. Jakob Simmank, a reporter from the German publication Zeit Online, recently travelled through western Kenya to report on efforts to address this challenge, including AMPATH’s work to remove the stigma of mental health through education.

A team from the Purdue University College of Pharmacy worked with AMPATH consortium members and MTRH staff to develop a wound compression kit that treats skin conditions and infections, particularly Kaposi Sarcoma, a debilitating infection often linked with HIV.