PITC is the entry point to the HIV/AIDS care program at AMPATH and has a goal that 80% of Kenyans served by AMPATH will know their HIV status. Touched by Mercy’s experience, the PITC department headed by Margret Wandabwa sought ways in which this experience could have been prevented.
Read MoreThis month AMPATH was privileged to host the first Indiana University President to visit the program in person since inception.
Read MoreMaina is a member of the Jiinue Guardians’ GISE program. He borrowed GISE loans which enabled him to purchase supplies for his cobbler business.
Read MoreTo address high rates of maternal and infant mortality in western Kenya, AMPATH is collaborating with the Kenya Ministry of Health (MOH) to support innovative approaches to improve maternal, newborn and child health.
Read More"Would you prefer the happiness of scratching a mosquito bite over the happiness of not having a mosquito bite in the first place?"
Read MoreJune 21, 2013, marked a momentous occasion as delegates and leaders from the Kenyan Ministery of Health gathered with colleagues from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and AMPATH Consortium partners, Duke and Indiana Universities, to celebrate the opening of a ten bed cardiac care unit in Western Kenya.
Read MoreThe AMPATH Family Preservation Initiative empowers patients economically through various agri-business interventions. The patients often need capital to start entrepreneurial projects as well as a way to save their money. GISE is one of the interventions that acts as a financing model in the agri-business interventions because most of the people who live in informal rural and urban areas find it very difficult to access financial services.
Read MoreThe AMPATH journey has been one of continually drilling down closer to the source of the HIV pandemic rather than simply staffing clinics. FLTR (Find, Link, Train, Retain) is a coming together of many of the most innovative pieces of AMPATH’s HIV program.
Read MoreChronic non-communicable cardiovascular disease is rapidly becoming one of the major causes of death and disability in the developing world. At present, there are no adult Kenyan cardiologists in western Kenya and limited technology to take care of the myriad of patients presenting at MTRH.
Read MoreAMPATH and Ministry of Health launch a network of Community Health workers to identify major health needs, educate, and manage some conditions at the household level and refer patients to health facilities when necessary.
Read MoreChannel 13 sent Producer DeShong Perry, Anchor Andrea Morehead, and Photographer Scott Allen to Eldoret, Kenya to produce a series of stories about the Indiana-Kenya Partnership
Read MoreThose gathered celebrated this new addition to their medical facilities, as this hospital serves as a regional referral and training center for health care providers throughout all of western Kenyan.
Read MoreWhat can Indianapolis youth do to help students in rural areas halfway around the world? Organize a carnival, of course!
Read MoreWe are excited to now complement that focus with a full-time presence in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Sierra Washington has joined our team in Eldoret to lead our efforts on the part of the IU Department of OB/GYN.
Read MoreIn 2008, the Indiana University Center for Bioethics was awarded a $940,000 grant from the Fogarty International Center (NIH) to establish a new research ethics training partnership with colleagues at Moi University in Eldoret, Kenya.
Read MoreThe AMPATH Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) Program continues to expand and meet the needs of children affected by HIV in western Kenya.
Read MoreA total of 15 Moi University School of Medicine (MUSM) fifth year students came to North America this spring to experience first-hand the nuances of being a medical student in the U.S. and Canada and to explore their dreams.
Read MoreCutting edge technology from Silicon Valley is being deployed in the rural outreaches of western Kenya, now that AMPATH is using Google’s open source mobile operating system (Android) to develop a revolutionary new data collection tool for Home-based Counseling and Testing.
Read MoreTo improve the health and well-being of children orphaned and separated from their parents, Dr. Paula Braitstein of Indiana University and Dr. David Ayuku of Moi University are leading a team of investigators determined to better understand their living conditions and the effect of the environment on children’s physical and mental health over time.
Read MoreIn mid-June, Indiana University Press will release Walking Together, Walking Far: How a U.S. and African Medical School Partnership is Winning the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, the first-ever book chronicling the historic partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.
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