AMPATH - The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare

Program Background

Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a partnership between Moi University School of Medicine, Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (Kenya's second national referral hospital), and a consortium of U.S. medical schools led by Indiana University, AMPATH promotes and fosters a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS control that complements and enhances the existing health infrastructure. AMPATH addresses food and income security needs, delivers and monitors ARV treatment, and fosters prevention of HIV transmission through community-based health education and prevention of maternal to child transmission. Importantly, AMPATH works with all levels of health providers from the highest levels of government to community health workers (CHWs) to provide effective and culturally appropriate care. Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuical Sciences is a member of this consortium of schoools and provides clinical pharmacy services for the >70,000 patients receiving care within this system.

Mission

Our mission is to address the healthcare system barriers which prevent the dissemination of high quality care in the resource constrained setting of Eldoret Kenya. We provide clinical and community pharmacy services and perform care-focused research for the patients receiving care through the AMPATH/MTRH/IU-Kenya/Purdue collaboration to optimize the level of care patients receive.

Vision

The Purdue University School of Pharmacy component of this collaboration will help to develop the future leaders of pharmacy from both resource-poor settings and resource-rich settings. These collaborations will be used to build infrastructure to help Kenyans address the healthcare needs of its citizens.

Values

All activities will be based on the concept of collaboration and partnership with counterparts from Kenya. Kenyans will be included in every activity to foster increased bilateral exchange to stimulate greater educational enrichment for all participants. All research will be designed to address the needs of the resource-poor setting in which we practice.

Make a contribution to the Purdue Kenya Program

To help AMPATH and the Purdue Kenya Program visit our Donation Page: http://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/advancement/development/giveonline.php

Enter "Kenya Initiative" in the "Special Instructions" Box
Follow the instructions on the page

Contact Us

Sonak Pastakia, PharmD, MPH, BCPS
Assistant Professor, Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
spastaki@purdue.edu

Ellen Schellhase, PharmD
Assistant Professor, Purdue University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
elschell@iupui.edu

Beatrice Jakait, B Pharm
Department Head, AMPATH Pharmacy
bjakait@yahoo.com