Now is the time for the AMPATH team to ponder a way forward. There are no shortage of great ideas, but it was clear to Sarah Ellen and me that the real hope lies in the powerful Kenyan leadership and their AMPATH counterparts.
Read MoreSarah Ellen Mamlin is a beloved member of the AMPATH family. For more than three decades, she has helped AMPATH people and programs grow.
Read MoreYou’re a problem solver with a big heart. As a cherished AMPATH friend, you have provided healing and care for people in Kenya and helped to build a stronger health system on which they can rely. Sometimes, our AMPATH journey has been difficult. We haven’t always known where the path would lead. But you’ve stood right with us. Thank you.
Read MoreOne could tell the story of AMPATH as if it were a seamless path toward success. The Indiana University partnership with our Kenyan colleagues gave birth to a second medical school for Kenya, the Moi University School of Medicine. Those who have followed AMPATH carefully know well that the journey itself has never been “seamless.”
Read MoreWhen Joe Mamlin, MD, retired from Wishard Memorial Hospital in 2000, he and Sarah Ellen Mamlin made a one-year commitment to return to the IU-Kenya partnership in Eldoret that they had helped to establish a decade earlier. One year turned into 20, the IU-Kenya partnership became AMPATH, and this month Joe and Sarah Ellen returned to Indiana. Their departure from Kenya was commemorated with several celebrations to recognize their two decades of service.
Read More