Amref Group CEO Receives Presidential Commendation for Promoting Health in Kenya
Amref Health Africa Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Githinji Gitahi on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 received the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) from the President of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) is a presidential commendation given to recipients on the advice of the National Honours and Awards Committee in the Office of the President. The President issued Dr Githinji the state commendation in recognition of outstanding contribution to the health sector at the helm of Amref Health Africa. Dr Githinji has been instrume
Read MorePre-qualification/Registration of Suppliers/Contractors
Amref Health Africa in Malawi invites applications from suppliers and service providers who wish to be shortlisted and be included on the list of pre-qualified suppliers for the 2019–2020 financial period. Interested candidates may download pre-qualification/registration of suppliers document HERE.
Read MoreIt is time to change the FGM story
By Nice Nailantei At the tender age of eight years, I had to escape from home to avoid undergoing the dreaded cut. Within the Maa community, Female Genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) marks the transition from childhood to adulthood, setting the stage for early marriage. For me, this was unacceptable. Despite having to endure several beatings, I stood my ground and refused to undergo the cut even when they told me that all girls had to undergo this rite of passage. In time, I eventually convinced my grandfather, a Maasai Elder, to allow me to skip the rite and continue wi
Read More287 Girls Graduate from Childhood to Womanhood without ‘The Cut’
It is ‘cutting season.’ A few years ago at this time of the year, thousands of girls in Rombo Ward, Oloitokitok, Kajiado County would face the circumciser’s knife. Today, communities in Oloitokitok are slowly embracing Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) for girls, a ceremony that replaces and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and girls transition into womanhood without being circumcised. After finishing a three-day ARP training programme where they were taught about reproductive health, child rights, harmful and good cultural practises among the Maasai co
Read MoreThey Called Me ‘Virus Doctor’: Winnie’s Story
From an HIV health service provider to running the Amref Kibera Health Centre as a Facility in Charge, Winnie Nzioka has served the population of Kibera and its environs for the last 18 years. Her journey as a nurse serving Nairobi’s largest informal settlement is one of endurance and hope. Winnie served with dedication despite the stigma she and her colleagues faced back when the AIDS epidemic had a firm hold in Kenya and was taking the lives of many within the informal setting.
“In 2003, dealing with HIV clients was very challenging. The clients would come to the health f Read More
Course for health journalists to kick off in February 2019
Amref Health Africa through the Amref International University (AMIU) and Amref Regional Programmes will jointly roll out a course for health journalists in February 2019. This was revealed by the interim Vice Chancellor of AMIU Dr Alice Lakati who said that the course has already been approved by the university’s Senate. A first-of-its-kind, the course gives journalism students, mid-level media practitioners, editors and communications specialists’ gre
Read MoreResponse to study published in BMJ Global Health “Secular trends in the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among girls: a systematic analysis”
Amref Health Africa, the largest African-led international organisation on the continent, welcomes the recent findings published in BMJ Global Health that the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting of girls under the age of 14 has fallen significantly in the 29 countries in Africa that were part of the study. Using Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data sets from Africa, the study finds that the prevalence of FGM/C for girls under 14 dropped the most in East Africa where it went from 71.
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