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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Here I am. Fighting, working, running, writing, practicing gratitude.
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I tried to convince him that his dreams of going to college and working as an architect are possible if we can get his virus suppressed.
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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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It is December 1, World AIDS Day, and I am so excited for Celebration in Red.
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In 2004, when he was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK, Gordon Brown gave a speech describing how the world was failing poor families – and poor babies in particular.
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You have to follow a series of bumpy, dusty trails to find Brenda’s home.
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Ethan is 18, and he has been living with HIV since he was born. For the first years of his life, he was sickly and small. Every day, in the silence of her heart, his mother wept for him.
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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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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.
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Miriam is 15-years-old, and she lives at a children’s home for orphans just outside of Eldoret.
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She walked all this way to collapse in my exam room
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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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