In an effort to help improve income security in western Kenya, AMPATH developed a community-run microfinance model called Group Integrated Savings for Empowerment (GISE).
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Each year, through the Mwangaza Scholarship program, AMPATH is able to assist approximately 72 Kenyan medical students with their school fees.
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Last month, AMPATH was showcased in an Indianapolis-based storytelling event called IndeTale
Read MoreThis summer the chemotherapy tent outside the AMPATH Centre was taken down and the doors of the Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Disease Centre were open for business.
Read MoreI recently sat with Genevieve, a 17-year-old girl living with HIV/AIDS. At first glance, it is difficult to see anything other than disease.
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Education is considered a fundamental human right for those living in North America; however, often times for the children in western Kenya it is a privilege.
Read MoreAccording to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Mental Health Atlas, nearly one in 10 people have a mental health disorder worldwide; however, only one percent of the global health workforce is working in mental health.
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Last month, Chicago Fire TV star, Jesse Spencer, and his girlfriend, Kali Woodruff, spent a few days in Eldoret learning first-hand about the AMPATH program.
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Purdue University’s Innovation in International Development (I2D) Lab was launched in March 2015 with the announcement of seed funding for designing and testing innovative yet appropriate solutions for communities in low and middle income countries.
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Today, 3.4 million children are living with HIV and 90% of them are in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2008, only 16% (about 20,000) of HIV-infected children were receiving treatment in Kenya.
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One of AMPATH’s aggressive goals is to reach every eligible individual for HIV testing and counseling in the 4 million person catchment area in western Kenya.
Read MoreAMPATH discovered early on that providing anti-retroviral drugs did not fully solve many of the HIV patients' problems. Often times patients come to the clinic malnourished or not knowing when their next meal will be; therefore, one important component of AMPATH is food and income security.
Read MoreAn international team of oncology research specialists led by Indiana University has been awarded a $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study HPV and cervical cancer in Kenyan women with HIV/AIDS.
Read MoreAssisting 200 million-plus people in Africa who are food insecure is part of Dow AgroSciences’ comprehensive food insecurity initiative.
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Counterfeit drugs are a growing problem globally, but according to the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, counterfeit drugs are a multi-billion dollar business in Africa and account for 30% of the pharmaceutical market in Kenya specifically.
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Beautifying surrounds rather than drab gloomy hospital walls is a growing trend in western countries. And not without reason, there is research that shows brightening hospital atmosphere with artwork can speed patient healing while gloomy walls can actually cause distress.
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The phrase ‘it takes a village’ may seem cliché, but there couldn’t be a more accurate phrase to describe AMPATH’s approach to improving mother-baby health in a country where maternal and infant death still remains a real threat.
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There are 239 million food insecure people in sub-Saharan Africa. To assure that the school children are fed and retained in school, the government of Kenya supports feeding programs in schools that are in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country.
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In several areas, including Sinoko, AMPATH has also begun a pilot project called BIGPIC (Bridging Income Generation through Provision of Incentives for Care) to bundle diabetes and hypertension screening and monitoring with the bi-weekly GISE meetings.
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The AMPATH leaders came along on this home-based testing visit because Mr. and Mrs. Tenai would soon become the one-millionth person and one-millionth-and-one person respectively to be reached since the inception of the AMPATH perpetual home-based counseling and testing program.
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