Have you ever heard the expression "it takes a village to raise a child"?
Read MoreToday I believe I experienced the true meaning of the AMPATH consortium.
Read MoreWith the current nurses' strike, public hospitals are operating at sub-optimal levels, which has led to changes in our schedules.
Read MoreSurgery is an essential part of healthcare, yet many global health initiatives often overlook this aspect of healthcare. Five billion people lack access to basic surgical care around the world.
Read MoreIn East African culture, chamas are groups of women who come together to pool resources and receive support.
Read MoreThroughout Kenya, AMPATH supports new mothers to breastfeed their babies and give them the best nutrition possible to build a healthy future.
Read MoreConnecting Hearts Abroad is a program that was established by Eli Lilly and Company in 2011 that sends their employees to underserved communities to provide direct assistance by teaching, enhancing healthcare, and aiding in community development.
Read MoreFor many years, in developing countries such as Kenya, the health informatics infrastructure used paper-based data entry.
Read MoreMartha coughs as she kneels on the dirt floor to stoke the wood in the open fire pit of her inadequately ventilated one-room cooking hut.
Read MoreThis study looks at facility-level factors that influence retention of patients in HIV care in East Africa.
Read MoreEarlier this month, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins visited Eldoret to tour AMPATH clinic sites and meet with clinicians, students and researchers, making this the first visit by a current NIH director.
Read MoreIf you like to listen to National Public Radio's Moth Radio Hour, you will enjoy listening to these seven stories about the AMPATH-Kenya program.
Read MoreThe Ruth Lilly Philanthropic Foundation awarded $7 million to strengthen program development and establish two endowed chairs at the Indiana University Center for Global Health for its AMPATH initiative in Kenya.
Read MoreMy name is Odep. I am a heartfelt individual with a keen desire to help others.
Read MoreAt age 3, I was admitted to the local hospital and after staying for almost a month without anybody having any idea of why I was having problems, someone finally requested a glucose test and I was diagnosed with diabetes.
Read MoreThe African sun is spectacularly bright, the sky a calming blue, and the temperature a perfect 70. I've just returned from a walk in downtown Eldoret.
Read MoreAs I was walking through the new Chandaria Cancer and Chronic Diseases Centre at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) in Eldoret, Kenya, I was reminded of the early days of diabetes mellitus (DM) care in western Kenya.
Read MoreFor more than a decade Eli Lilly and Company has partnered with AMPATH to provide medicine for diabetes, cancer, and mental health patients in western Kenya.
Read MoreNine-year-old Mary* has been living at the AMPATH Amani Shelter for the past six months. She is an HIV-positive orphan, both of her parents having succumbed to the disease.
Read MoreMeshack Murto is 36 years old and has worked for 11 years as an AMPATH clinical officer. Murto has been with AMPATH long enough to witness some of the "good" and some of the "bad."
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