Nine-year-old Mary* has been living at the AMPATH Amani Shelter for the past six months. She is an HIV-positive orphan, both of her parents having succumbed to the disease.
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Meshack Murto is 36 years old and has worked for 11 years as an AMPATH clinical officer. Murto has been with AMPATH long enough to witness some of the "good" and some of the "bad."
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This month US Ambassador to Kenya, Bob Godec, met with Moi University, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and AMPATH leadership.
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Last week the Indiana University School of Medicine Dean, Jay Hess, MD, and the Chair of the Department of Medicine, Mark Geraci, MD, returned after their inaugural trip to Eldoret, Kenya, to see firsthand the global reach of the IU School of Medicine and the impact that the school has had on the lives of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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More than 25 years ago, one Indianapolis philathropist, Marty Moore, heard about the global health vision of four Indiana University faculty members and fronted the funds for them to explore a potential partnership with a medical school in Africa or Asia.
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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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