Each year the world commemorates the World Hygiene Day on May 5th to advocate for the importance of hand hygiene in healthcare and to bring people together in support of hand hygiene improvement worldwide.
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Learn more about many aspects of mental health.
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World Bipolar Day is recognized each year on March 30th, the birthday of artist Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as likely having a bipolar condition. The day is designated to raise worldwide awareness of bipolar conditions and to work to eliminate social stigma while providing information to educate and help people understand the condition.
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Moi University leadership and management witnessed the remarkable progress that is taking place within USAID 4TheChild and contributed to the program’s learning agenda during a recent two-day visit to many of the program’s initiatives.
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Members of the incoming 4th-year class of Moi University School of Medicine received a stethoscope gift in a ceremony on April 6th.
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The Ministry of Health, through Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and AMPATH, tested the Primary-Health Integrated Care for Four Chronic Diseases (PIC4C) model that integrates early diagnosis and treatment of hypertension, diabetes, breast and cervical cancer into the primary care level supported by a robust and seamless referral system.
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Women living with HIV are more prone to cervical cancer than their HIV negative counterparts. USAID Dumisha Afya is leading a raft of interventions, not only against HIV, but also cervical cancer.
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AMPATH partners from MTRH, Moi University (MU), USAID AMPATH Uzima and others joined the national Ministry of Health and Uasin Gishu County Government in commemorating World TB Day at Huruma Grounds, Eldoret. The theme for this year's event was "Yes! We can end TB in Kenya."
Brown University, in partnership with Moi University, facilitated a multidisciplinary research training to enhance high priority research capacity in HIV and cervical cancer in Kenya. This symposium leveraged the decades of collaboration between Brown University, Moi University and other AMPATH partners.
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In Kenya, multiple levels of palliative care are still in need of development. Out of the estimated 800,000 Kenyans in need of palliative care, just 15,000 patients receive services annually.
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For more than a decade, AMPATH partners led by Festus Njuguna, MBChB, MMed, PhD, and Gilbert Olbara, MBChB, MMed, have worked together to build a pathway to optimal childhood cancer care at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and throughout western Kenya.
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Every year in March, the world commemorates Multiple Myeloma Action Month. During this month, individuals and groups are encouraged to take actions that positively impact the multiple myeloma community.
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The USAID AMPATH Uzima Module 4 Paediatric Clinic at MTRH had a lot to celebrate on Friday, 17 March, as they achieved an impressive viral suppression rate of 97 percent.
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Leaders of the Astellas Global Health Foundation (Foundation) visited the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) Nawiri Recovery & Skills Centre in Eldoret, Kenya, today to celebrate the Centre’s impact in providing urgently needed mental health services to western Kenya with support from the Foundation.
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Twenty-year-old Monica had just begun college classes when she began feeling chest pain and shortness of breath while walking the short distance between her classes. In December, Monica underwent successful triple valve surgery to replace her severely damaged aortic and mitral valves as well as to repair her leaking tricuspid valve.
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AMPATH partners commemorated World Cancer Day themed “Close the Care Gap" on February 4 with a call to unite voices and take action to improve cancer care. While cancer is the second-leading cause of death globally, 70 percent of cancer deaths occur in low-to middle-income countries such as Kenya.
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Children at the MTRH Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital received Valentine's Day treats that put smiles on their faces and new Swahili books in their hands.
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The USAID Adolescents and Young People (AYP) Best Practice Symposium 2023 was recently held in Eldoret. The three-day forum focused on “Building Resilience through Collaboration” and brought together over 180 attendees from all USAID Implementing Partners.
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Dr. Edith Apondi is the Deputy Chief of Party for USAID Dumisha Afya. She began working with people living with HIV after completing her internship in 2003 and previously served as a technical advisor for pediatric and adolescent care programs for USAID AMPATHPlus. She is a consultant pediatrician working with MTRH.
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Pediatrician Megan McHenry, MD, aims to positively impact children’s lives outside of the hospital and clinics by hosting a book writing contest to get more books for young children into Kenyan homes.
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