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Amref Health Africa, Partners Launch Campaign to Mitigate Nurses Strike
Amref Health Africa in Kenya in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and other partners is taking part in the rapid response CatchUp campaign to mitigate effects of the ongoing countrywide industrial action by nurses. The campaign which was launched today (October 19) by Health Cabinet Secretary Dr Cleopa Mailu is believed to go a long way in responding to priority health service delivery needs in the country. The strike by nurses has had negative effects on the health status of Kenyans. Coupled with recent drought, floods, outbreak of diseases such as malaria and cholera, the strike h
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Head of Operations of Amref UK visits Nyeri County
The Head of Operations of Amref Health Africa in the UK, Steve Hindle, traveled to Nyeri County, Kenya, to interact on a one-on-one basis with beneficiaries of the Management and Control of NCDs (Diabetes and Childhood Asthma) in Kenya project, under Amref’s Institute of Capacity Development. The GSK-funded project, in partnership with the Nyeri County Government has trained frontline health care workers on proper management of Diabetes and Asthma in the county. Nyeri County is among the top counties in the country with heavy disease burden for both Diabetes and Asthma.
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Innovate for Life Fund Welcomes its First Group of Young Entrepreneurs
Amref Health Africa and Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) hosted the first group of young entrepreneurs selected to join the ‘Innovate for Life Fund accelerator’ in Nairobi, Kenya, on 25-29 September 2017. The chosen innovators come from three different countries: Kenya (2), Ghana (1) and Nigeria (3). The event was the first of the three-month accelerator programme for health care entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. Welcoming the young innovators to the event, Dr Githinji Gitahi, GCEO of Amref Health Africa, congratulated them for being among the top six and promised to give them acc
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M-PESA Foundation visits Mothers in Samburu County under the Uzazi Salama project
Representatives from M-PESA Foundation, led by the Executive Director, Les Baillie, joined mothers, women and girls in celebrating International Day of the Girl in Samburu County, Kenya. M-PESA Foundation currently funds the Uzazi Salama project, a maternal and child health project, within the county. As part of the celebrations, the team visited Lolmolog Dispensary to interact with beneficiaries of the project.
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Amref Hosts First Ladies to Amref at 60 Dinner
Governors’ wives pledge to make health a priority in their counties
Amref Health Africa in Kenya last night hosted the First Ladies of the County Governments of Kenya to a gala dinner in celebration of the organisation’s 60th anniversary at the Enashipai Resort in Naivasha, where the governors’ spouses have been meeting this week. Dr Meshack Ndirangu, Country Director of Amref Health Africa in Kenya, challenged the First Ladies to use their positions to influence improvement of health care in their counties, in particular through promoting (Read More -
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Outstanding year 1 results for the Heroes For Change Programme
On October 13, 2017, Amref Health Africa, Unilever, UNFPA and SightSavers celebrated outstanding programme results and acknowledged the efforts of student voluntee
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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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