AMPATH Kenya

USAID 4TheChild kicked off distribution of business assets such as bicycles and sewing machines worth 7 million Kenyan shillings (approx. $54,000 USD) to improve beneficiary household economic productivity. Moi University College of Health Sciences Principal, Professor Robert Tenge, and AMPATH Executive Director Care, Professor Sylvester Kimaiyo, joined Kisumu County Governor H.E. Professor Peter Nyong’o who officiated distribution of business assets to project beneficiaries. The business assets target beneficiaries involved in tailoring business, hair dressing and fast-food businesses (selling fries, fish and pastries). These assets will improve caregivers’ business performance resulting in increased household income and subsequently, improved household resilience. https://lnkd.in/gRNR_Wds

The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, an AMPATH Consortium partner, is hosting a panel discussion on "Collective Action for Adolescent Mental Health Services at AMPATH Kenya" on Monday, December 2. Join Eunice Tenet, MD, from Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital and Rachel Vreeman, MD, MS, and Brittany McCoy, MD, from Mount Sinai for an insightful conversation as part of #WorldAIDSDay. https://lnkd.in/gW7Ra7n3

The upcoming holidays have us reflecting on the positive impact that one person, one life can have on the lives of so many others. We are grateful that you are part of the AMPATH family. Through your knowledge, commitment and generosity, you are changing the lives of people you may never meet. Today we say “Asante Sana” to YOU. Read the message of gratitude from AMPATH leaders: https://lnkd.in/gutvbAeH

Find New Collaborations in AMPATH Research Database Ampath Kenya's website provides a searchable database of more than 65 recent and ongoing research projects. The database allows for searching by name, research area or investigator and features the work of Kenyan and AMPATH Consortium collaborators. Each project includes sponsors, project dates and resulting publications. https://lnkd.in/g4tGc6UH

Dr. Faith Yego is the inaugural AMPATH co-chair for Research Translation and Health Policy and will lead activities including developing a new Research Translation Core to support researchers through trainings, events, and advising in areas related to academic-government partnerships, stakeholder engagement, dissemination, and policy brief development. Dr. Yego is principal investigator on a needs assessment for research translation that will inform the Research Translation Core and subsequent activities. Dr. Yego currently serves as a senior lecturer in the Department of Health Policy, Management and Human Nutrition at the Moi University School of Public Health and adjunct faculty in the Department of Community and Global Health at the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health.?She is the co-chair of the AMPATH Population and Public Health Working Group. Her research focuses on health systems and policy and health services research.

Re:Solve Global Health featured AMPATH's efforts to better diagnose & treat childhood cancers during a recent feature on the Project ECHO tele-education platform. AMPATH is a leader in using Project ECHO to educates healthcare workers in remote areas. https://lnkd.in/gNMAc-i7

Fifty thousand women in Nepal and Kenya will be screened for breast and cervical cancer through a new 3-year AMPATH Global initiative with support from an Eli Lilly and Company Foundation (Lilly Foundation) grant to Indiana University, which leads and coordinates a consortium of universities around the world involved with AMPATH efforts. The project, AMPATH Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening to Improve Women’s Cancer Outcomes in Kenya and Nepal: Leveraging Advanced Diagnostics and Multi-Site Collaboration (known as KENON), will develop, implement and evaluate strategies to incorporate advanced diagnostics such as mammography, point-of-care ultrasound and HPV testing into screening programs in resource-limited settings in low and middle-income countries. https://lnkd.in/g9Hnx9MU

ICYMI: Learn more about "Leaving a Legacy with AMPATH Through Tax-Smart Giving" a conversation with Dr. Bill Tierney and Tim Ueber." https://lnkd.in/gNxTHiHS

Hongera to Professor Sylvester Kimaiyo Professor Sylvester Kimaiyo has been invited to serve as a member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health Operations Committee. As part of the committee, he will meet with global health practitioners from around the world to identify and promote best practices in global health operations. Professor Kimaiyo is the AMPATH Executive Director of Care and Chief of Party for USAID AMPATH Uzima.

Are you a doctor looking for a new role with one of the world's best global health partnerships? AMPATH Kenya is searching for these leaders: Pediatric Team Leader Internal Medicine Team Lead Associate Site Director (Hematology-Oncology) Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gG7apH5