At first glance, the journey that Moi University’s Victor Kiplagat and Olivia Watta describe as the “greatest experience” of their young lives began when Kenya Airways Flight 7942 touched down at Indianapolis International Airport after 23 hours of travel from their home country of Kenya.
But, in many ways, their journey began two years earlier, when Moi University School of Nursing’s Dean Dinah Chelagat visited the IU School of Nursing (IUSON) and the school’s celebration of AMPATH, the global partnership between academic health centers that strives to improve health care where access to resources is limited.