To promote collaboration and unity among HIV national molecular laboratories, AMPATH Care Laboratory successfully hosted a laboratory stakeholder forum in June at AMPATH Training Institute in Eldoret which included stakeholders from labs throughout the Rift Valley, Western and Nyanza regions.
Read MoreEarly this month, USAID Dumisha Afya supported a two-day Quality Improvement (QI)-HIV best practice and learning forum in Busia in collaboration with the Department of Health and Sanitation.
The 28th of April 2023 was a big day for the USAID AMPATH Uzima family as its Pediatric Clinic celebrated and ushered 85 adolescents to the MTRH Rafiki Clinic as their new care home.
Read MoreAMPATH's care and research programs, including USAID AMPATH Uzima, USAID Dumisha Afya and USAID 4TheChild attended the Kenya Medical Association Scientific Conference in Mombasa County.
Read MoreKenya is grappling with the triple burden of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overnutrition (overweight and obesity) and micronutrient deficiency.
Read MoreAMPATH partners have embarked on a new five-year D43 training grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) entitled “Training in HIV Implementation Science and Dissemination in Kenya (HIV-ID).”
Read MoreEach 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.
Read MoreLearn more about many aspects of mental health.
Read MoreWorld 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.
Read MoreMoi 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.
Read MoreMembers of the incoming 4th-year class of Moi University School of Medicine received a stethoscope gift in a ceremony on April 6th.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWomen 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.
Read MoreAMPATH 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreEvery 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreLeaders 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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