News & Blog Feed — AMPATH Kenya

Giving orphans and vulnerable children a chance

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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2015child health, our impact, HIV

AMPATH efforts to improve access to mental health

According 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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2015mental health, our impact, chronic diseases

AMPATH Success Stories: 3-year-old Rotich

This is the real story that I get to hear many times, for many children. From death to life. And even though it is a story we hear over and over, you can’t grow tired of the miracle.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJuly 2, 2015success stories, HIV, children

Miriam is HIV positive, just like her whole family

Miriam is 15-years-old, and she lives at a children’s home for orphans just outside of Eldoret.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJuly 2, 2015challenges in Kenya, HIV

Noelle is 13, HIV positive and her family’s caretaker

She walked all this way to collapse in my exam room

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanJuly 2, 2015HIV, challenges in Kenya

“Chicago Fire” star visits AMPATH in Kenya

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.

newsNewsJuly 1, 2015partners, celebrities

Purdue I2D team visits Eldoret

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.

newsNewsJuly 1, 2015partners, Purdue, technology, research

Animation a useful tool to help disclose HIV status to youth in western Kenya

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.

newsNewsJuly 1, 2015technology, HIV

AbbVie helps arm home-based counselors with mobile devices

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.

newsNewsJune 1, 2015HIV, technology, challenges in Kenya, specialty care

AMPATH Success Stories: Children living with HIV

I want you to hear the stories of these women and children who sit in my cramped exam room, whose hands I hold, in whose eyes I see hope and despair and determination.

blogby Dr. Rachel VreemanMay 25, 2015success stories, HIV, children

Purchase for Progress: Small business owner pilot a success

AMPATH 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.

newsNewsMarch 1, 2015HIV, agriculture and economic empowerment, nutrition, our impact, success stories

AMPATH Oncology receives grant to study cervical cancer

An 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.

newsNewsDecember 20, 2014Cancer, our impact, research

Dow AgroSciences Addresses Food Security in Kenya

Assisting 200 million-plus people in Africa who are food insecure is part of Dow AgroSciences’ comprehensive food insecurity initiative.

newsNewsOctober 20, 2014Nutrition, agriculture and economic empowerment, our impact, partners

Notre Dame helps with counterfeit drug detection in Africa

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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2014Our impact, technology, partners, pharmacy, supportive services

Art aids healing: New Chronic Care Center in Kenya

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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2014our impact, news, events

Chamas for Change improves mother-baby health

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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2014Chamas for Change, our impact, maternal health, child health

Linking school feeding programs to local small-scale farmers

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.

newsNewsSeptember 1, 2014Our impact, child health, nutrition, agriculture and economic empowerment

Economic empowerment programs in Kenya

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.

newsNewsJune 2, 2014agriculture and economic empowerment, our impact

AMPATH reaches one-millionth person milestone

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.

newsNewsJune 2, 2014HIV, our impact, specialty care

AMPATH helps provide safe water to those in need

Rarely do we think about scarcity or access to drinking water. Today, however, 1 in 8 people worldwide don’t have access to safe drinking water and 37% of those people are in sub Saharan Africa.

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