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Personal Stories
Touching Lives through Clinical Outreach Services
Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia has been running a clinical outreach programme since 2006 to provide specialist health care to patients in rural parts of the country who would otherwise not be able to access the services.
During a recent mission to the Debre Markos Hospital located in the Amhara regional state, 300kms from Addis Ababa in the outreach team met Bizuayehu Tarekegn, 20, who had a huge mass protruding from her back. She had kept the mass a secret for a long time, fearing the reaction of neighbours. Read More
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Personal Stories
We Hear Gunshots As Often As We Hear Ringtones from Mobile Phones
"My name is Taban Charles Millinon. I graduated as a clinical officer from the National Health Training Institute in Maridi, South Sudan in 2008 through training received from AMREF. I am from Kajo Keji County. I undertook my one-year internship at Yei Civil Hospital before joining Meltesa International.
I now work with the Norwegian Peoples Aid as a f Read More
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Personal Stories
Amref Health Africa helped me fulfil my dreams
Twenty-two year old Isaack Mwongela Kyagali experienced the loss of his mother at a very young age. She died after giving birth to this youngest sibling. Such a painful loss inspired Isaack to dream of becoming a nurse one day, so that he could save other women from the same terrible fat that had befallen his mother. Unfortunately, his family did not have the resources to support his nursing studies at a private institution, so Isaak learned carpentry with the intention of creating his own business to support himself and his family.
His luck
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Nabirye’s Story
Improved health for Nabirye's family
Nabirye Mary, a 35 year old married woman resides in Njeru Village in Nakitoma sub-county, Nakasongola district, Uganda. She is one of the community members reached by Village Health Teams (VHTs), trained by Amref Health Africa, through door to door mobilisation. She is a mother of three children - 10 month old twins and a four year old boy. Mary’s children frequently suffered from diarrhoea and malaria which was caused by her poor sanitation methods. When the VHT approached her in June 2011, she
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In the middle of the battle field in South Sudan
Michael Maluwel, 29, has been in the military for over 15 years. After completing his training in 1998, he was posted to the Nuber Mountains where he worked until 2013. When the conflict began in Juba, Michael had just been transferred to Benitu State, close to the Sudan border.
Residents of areas surrounding Juba never imagined that the conflict in Juba would spill over and reach their states.
“We had no idea that the conflict would reach here,” he said. “We always thought of this as a Juba administration problem.� Read More
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Personal Stories
Amina’s Story
Amina Saidi is a 37 year old mother of five, residing in Mkamba ward of Mkuranga District, an hour’s drive southeast of Dar es Salaam. Mkuranga is one of the poorest districts in southern Tanzania.
Amina’s life is one of poverty which is evident in the structure of her house. The two room house constructed from wood and earth has the roof of the section that serves as the kitchen partially thatched in grass with most of it left open, exposing her and her children to the elements of rain and the scorching sun. The adjoining ‘room’ ser
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Fighting Malaria at Community and Household Level
Milka Akinyi wakes up nauseous, feverish and too weak to walk to the nearest hospital, which is five kilometres away. She sends for Alice Aoko, the Community Health Worker (CHW) in her area.
Milka’s symptoms are similar to those of malaria. To confirm or rule this out, Alice performs a test using the Rapid Diagnostic Test Kit (RDT). She pricks Milka’s middle finger, draws blood and places it on a strip. The reading is positive for malaria and Alice administers Arthemeter Lumefantrine (AL), the malarial drug recommended by Kenya’s Minis
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Amref Health Africa’s Position Statement on Traditional Birth Attendants
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a traditional birth attendant (TBA) is “a person who assists the mother during childbirth and who initially acquired her skills by delivering babies herself or by working with other TBAs”. In addition to attending deliveries, TBAs help with initiating breastfeeding; providing health education on sexually transmitted illnesses (STIs), reproductive health and nutrition; visiting mothers during and shortly following delivery to check for and educate them on the associated danger signs; and accompanying referrals to the health facilities for co
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