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Uasin Gishu joins AMPATH’s Growing POCUS Network

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is changing what is possible at the first point of care in clinics throughout western Kenya.

newsNewsOctober 28, 2026pocus, maternal health, cardiac care

Medical Students Reflect on AMPATH Educational Exchange

This year, more than two dozen medical students from Moi University School of Medicine in Kenya and the University for Development Studies in Ghana participated in international clinical rotations at 12 of the AMPATH Consortium's partners in the U.S., Canada and Sweden.

newsNewsOctober 28, 2026education

AMPATH Oncology Summit Sets Shared Priorities for Cancer Care in Western Kenya

With the support of AMPATH partners, the MTRH Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Diseases Centre is a busy hub of cancer care, seeing hundreds of patients each day and offering an expanding range of specialized services.

newsNewsOctober 28, 2026Cancer, health systems

County Health Systems Strengthened Through Financial Data and Reporting

A health financing initiative across Busia, Bungoma, and Elgeyo Marakwet counties is working to make financial information a routine part of health system reporting and decision-making.

newsNewsOctober 28, 2026health insurance, health systems

Breast Cancer Initiative Aims to Close Gaps in Care

Across Kenya, many women continue to face barriers at different points along the breast cancer care journey. It is this continuum of gaps that the Integrated Model for Access, Retention and Advanced Breast Cancer Care (IMARA-BC) seeks to address.

newsNewsOctober 28, 2026Cancer, women's health

AMPATH Uzima Strengthens County Ownership with Final Asset Transfer in Trans Nzoia

AMPATH Uzima through the support of the U.S. Department of State has concluded the release and the transfer of health and digital assets to all four counties it supports.

newsNewsOctober 7, 2026HIV, population health, economic empowerment

Elgeyo Marakwet County Receives Health Assets

Elgeyo Marakwet County has received health assets valued at KES 14.1 million ($110K USD) from AMPATH Uzima, with support from the United States Government, in a ceremony held at the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet Headquarters.

newsNewsOctober 7, 2026HIV, population health, health systems

AMPATH Uzima Delivers County Health Asset Transfer to West Pokot County

Through the support of the United States Government, AMPATH Uzima officially transferred health assets valued at KES 16,386,986 ($126K USD) to the West Pokot County Government.

newsNewsOctober 7, 2026HIV, population health, health systems

Cardiac Surgery Program at MTRH Builds Momentum

At AMPATH partner Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Kenya, more young patients are getting a chance to grow, and to live a happy and productive future.

newsNewsSeptember 11, 2026cardiac care, surgery

Klapper Family Gift Invites Investment in the Transformative Power of Global Health Education

For generations of Indiana University medical trainees, an experience in Kenya has changed not only how they see the world, but how they see their role as physicians.

newsNewsSeptember 10, 2026education

AMPATH Shapes Care for Older People Living with HIV in Kenya and Beyond

Amy Justice, MD, PhD, and Jepchirchir “Chiri” Kiplagat, PhD, served on the Lancet HIV Commission on Ageing and HIV, an international effort bringing together researchers, clinicians and community representatives to examine how HIV care must evolve as the population of people living with HIV grows older.

newsNewsSeptember 10, 2026HIV

AMPATH Research Translation & Health Policy Core Hosts Webinar

The AMPATH Research Translation & Health Policy Core hosted a webinar to share the findings of its AMPATH Research Translation Needs Assessment and introduce the Core's portfolio of services. Watch now.

newsNewsAugust 30, 2026research translation, research, research progam

AMPATH Uzima Transfers Healthcare Assets as Government-to-Government Transition Begins

In a celebration of partnership, progress and a shared vision for stronger healthcare, AMPATH Uzima has officially commenced the transfer of healthcare assets to county governments.

newsNewsAugust 6, 2026HIV

Defying the Odds and Rewriting the Story of Sickle Cell Disease

When Clarice Ooro was diagnosed with sickle cell disease at just two months old, her family could not have known the journey that lay ahead.

newsNewsAugust 5, 2026sickle cell, NCDs

Mount Sinai Announces Pilot and Youth Leader Awards

AMPATH partner Mount Sinai Health System announced the recipients of the 2026 Pilot Project and Youth Leader Awards.

newsNewsAugust 5, 2026youth, research

Bringing Lifesaving Ultrasound to the Front Lines of Care in Western Kenya

Life-changing decisions are being made regularly through AMPATH Kenya's Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) initiative, which is bringing diagnostic imaging to the front lines of primary healthcare across western Kenya.

newsNewsJuly 26, 2026pocus

AMPATH Interventional Radiology Partnership Performs First-of-Its-Kind Procedure

A team of physicians from the AMPATH partnership recently completed the first TIPS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) procedure at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH).

newsNewsJune 10, 2026education, specialty care, surgery

Busia County Launches Long-Acting Injectable PrEP to Strengthen HIV Prevention Efforts

Busia County, with support from Dumisha Afya, launched the new injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Lenacapavir and Cabotegravir (CAB-LA) in April. The introduction provides residents with an alternative to daily oral PrEP, offering longer-lasting protection against HIV.

newsNewsJune 10, 2026HIV

Dr. Rangoonwala Returns to Oncology Team in Eldoret

Dr. Hussain Rangoonwala is the AMPATH Consortium’s oncology in-country lead working with Kenyan colleagues to guide the next phase of cancer care, research and training in western Kenya.

newsNewsJune 10, 2026Cancer, Klapper

FACET Program Builds a New Generation of Clinical Teaching Champions in Kenya

Faculty leaders from medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health gathered in April to focus on the art of teaching the next generation of healthcare professionals.

newsNewsJune 10, 2026education

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