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Italian donors visit Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County
A team of Italian donors has described a charity trip to Amref Health Africa’s Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County in Kenya as ‘completely life-changing’. The donors, Sonia Badoni, Massimiliano Gaddini and Caterina Rochetti exuded confidence on how Amref staff displayed their commitment towards making the project succeed. The team, accompanied by two representatives from Amref Health Africa in Italy, Serena Gentile and Silvia Carbutti were on a mission to assess the impact of the project which is funded by the European Union through Amref Health Africa in Italy. Caterin
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670,000 for Hypertension Screening as New Partner Enters Nakuru
For KES. 200.00, patients in 15 health facilities in Nakuru County will walk away with a month’s worth of medicines for treatment and control of hypertension. The package, which would otherwise cost thousands of shillings, comes courtesy of Healthy Heart Africa (HHA), an innovative Programme of AstraZeneca plc; an Anglo-Swedish Bio-Pharmaceutical multinational company based in Cambri
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Push to accelerate cancer care in Africa gains steam at UNGA side-meeting
There is an urgent need to accelerate cancer care in Africa, a panel of global cancer experts told participants at a side-meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, U.S. Organised by Amref Health Africa, Takeda and the Cancer Alliance, the event called “Accelerating Cancer Care in Africa” drew the attendance of key stakeholders, including high-level representatives from the office of Her Excellency Madam Roman Tesfaye, the First Lady of Ethiopia and President of the Organization of African First Ladies (OAFLA). The First Lady was represented by Mr. Meskel
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Zambia embraces technology to increase health worker numbers
Nairobi, September 14, 2017 Song, dance and colour filled the Levi Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola town today as thousands of people turned up to witness the 41st Combined Graduation Ceremony for registered nurses and midwives in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. A total of 1,039 students from 10 health training institutions received diplomas in nursing and certificates in midwifery at the largest ever graduation of health workers in the region. The event was also exceptional because among the graduates was the first group of 67 eLearning registered nurse students in the countr
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Amref Hosts First Dean’s Forum in Nairobi, Kenya
Amref Health Africa held the first Dean’s Forum with focal persons, university deans, and other stakeholders of the PEPFAR-funded, through USAID, Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya Mechanisms project on 30 and 31 August 2017. The main objective of the forum, which will be held annually, is to facilitate co-operation and collaboration by sharing best practices in curriculum strengthening for improved IST and PST, including clinical placement training. The event comes a month after Amref was awarded the Letter of Interim Authority by the Commission of University Education. “We are
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New Initiative to Improve Maternal and Child Health Care through Mobile Health Solution
Despite the decreasing trend, maternal and infant death rates are still high in many parts of Ethiopia. One of the contributing factors is the low level of skilled attendance at delivery and poor antenatal care service utilisation. Ethiopia is at a pivotal moment in its efforts to improve the health status of its people and address health inequities. As the country has achieved many of the health-related Millennium Development Goals, the government realises that these advances need to be accelerated if targets in the areas of maternal and child mortality and infectious diseases are to be ac
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Kenyan Government Authorises Amref International University
Nairobi August 4, 2017 Kenya’s Commission for University Education has given Amref Health Africa the green light to start and operate the Amref International University (AMIU). The Commission has granted AMIU a Letter of Interim Authority (LIA) with effect from August 1, 2017. The University will focus on health-related courses with a focus on public and community health. Amref Health Africa Group Chief Executive Officer Dr Githinji Gitahi, said the university will focus on courses that respo
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Amref Donates State of the Art Doppler Ultrasound to Dubti Hospital
In response to the unmet health needs of Afar region, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia through Access, Service and Knowledge for Women Cancer Project (ASK4WCP) donated 700,000 Birr worth ofDoppler Ultrasound, a medical equipment used to screen breast and other internal organs, to Dubti Hospital on 6 July 2017.
The donation, which is funded by Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF), is part of Amref Health Africa’s broader intervention that aims to improve women’s health in Afar and other developing regions.