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The paintwork begins!
February 8, 2017 was a wonderful day for residents of Kibera, Nairobi County. This warm sunny day marked the launch of the re-painting of the Amref Kibera Clinic!
This is through a partnership between Takeda Pharmaceuticals and Amref Health Africa that saw representatives from Takeda re-painting part of the clinic, in anticipation of the full paint work to commence in the coming week.Read More
News, UncategorizedAmref Health Africa in Tanzania Raises US$ 133,041 in Charity Walk to Train Midwives
On a bright sunny morning of November 5, 2016, the Vice President (VP) of The United Republic of Tanzania, Mama Samia Suluhu Hassan led hundreds of enthusiastic Dar es Salaam residents in Amref’s Stand up for African Mothers (SU4AM) fundraising charity walk. The primary objective of the walk was to raise funds for the development of nurse midwives’ efficiency in service delivery by providing them with training and certification.
By the end of the walk, a total of Tsh.290m/- (US$ 133041) was collected from individuals, general public, various develop Read MoreNews, UncategorizedCelebrating Women at Amref Health Africa #IWD2016
Message from the Group CEO on International Women’s Day
In the year 2014, the World Economic Forum estimated that it would take up to the year 2095 to achieve global gender parity. This was later adjusted to 2133 in view of continuing global challenges decelerating the gains. This cannot be an acceptable position in a world that yearns for equal opportunities for everyone!
Obviously, the challenges we face in Africa, coupled with traditional practices, present an even bigger challenge for the achievement of gender p
Read MoreNews, UncategorizedAmref to train 8,000 midwives in campaign to improve maternal health
05 May 2016. Amref Health Africa is targeting to train at least 8,000 midwives in the next three years in a move aimed at improving maternal health for at least four million women across the continent every year. This is in addition to more than 7,000 midwives already trained under its Stand Up for African Mothers campaign launched three years ago.
Amref Health Africa’s ‘Stand Up for African Mothers campaign’ will spend at least US$9 million in strengthening midwifery competences among primary health care health workers through trainin
Read MoreNewsAmref unveils roadmap for implementation of SDGs in Health sector
… Amref Group CEO stresses need for partnerships in implementation of SDGs at high level regional meeting in Nairobi
Amref Health Africa today hosted a regional pre-conference event to showcase the strategic areas it will focus on implementing the United Nations-backed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Nairobi-based health NGO, which is the only indigenous international health NGO headquartered in Africa, will concentrate its efforts on four of the 17 core Read More
News, UncategorizedAmref, EABL Foundation Commission Water Project in Kericho County
The commissioning of a spring in Buchenge, Kericho County, was the culmination of a private-public partnership that brought together the East Africa Breweries Limited (EABL) Foundation and Amref Health Africa in Kenya.
“The completion of the project on time means that we now have a good platform for even more collaboration in the future,” Daniel Kurao, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene and Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme Manager, Amref Health Africa in Kenya, ascertained. The project will provide approximately 7000 residents of the area with safe and clean drinkin Read MoreNewsExploring New Frontiers for Health Partnership
Amref Health Africa hosts Japanese investors to explore potential areas of collaboration
Amref Health Africa this morning hosted a delegation of Japanese investors under the Japan Centre for International Exchange (JCIE) to discuss opportunities for partnerships to improve health services in Africa.
The delegation included representatives from pharmaceuticals, manufacturers of diagnostic equipment, medical supplies and vehicles and technology solution providers. They have been in Nairobi for the just concluded TICAD (Tokyo Inte
Read MoreNewsImpact, Status, Conflict, values and Aid – Thoughts & Reflections
What better way to kick off the year than a few days meeting people and communities on the front line of international development.
I have just spent 3 days travelling though western Kenya (Bungoma, Busia and Kisumu counties). I met people working in improving healthcare, tackling conflict, creating commercially viable access to clean drinking water, helping people register to vote, building county government skills & systems and simplifying border processes to unlock growth – all supported by Read More