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Amref Health Africa’s Position Statement on Community Health Workers
A widely accepted definition of Community Health Workers proposed by a World Health Organisation (WHO) Study Group (1989) is: “Community health workers should be members of the communities where they work, should be selected by the communities, should be answerable to the communities for their activities, should be supported by the health system but not necessarily a part of its organisation, and have shorter training than professional workers.” Read More
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Amref Health Africa’s Position Statement on MSM
While the ‘war on AIDS’ has achieved remarkable successes there still exist important gaps in global strategies aimed at containing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with certain key populations not adequately addressed. Men who have sex with men (MSM) are one such population, and implementation of strategies that comprehensively address HIV prevention and transmission risks in this community is clearly a weak link in global HIV prevention and control efforts that represents a real threat to progress with global HIV/AIDS control and needs to be urgently addressed. Read More
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Amref Health Africa’s Position Statement on Family Planning
Reproductive health is defined in the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of action as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes. This includes the right to autonomy and privacy in making sexual and reproductive decisions. However, despite considerable progress since the ICPD, millions of people – mostly disadvantaged women and adolescents – still lack access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services, including access to modern co
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Amref calls for greater private sector engagement in African healthcare
Making healthcare profitable is key for private sector involvement, says Amref Group CEO
7th October 2016…A growing urban middle class that is willing to pay for better healthcare has opened the door to greater private sector engagement in African healthcare.
This was the dominant theme at the just concluded Africa Health Business Symposium in Nairobi, which ran from 6 to 7 October 2016. The symposium brought together key players from government, private sector and Read More -
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Can A Bath Of Milk And Honey Replace Female Genital Mutilation?
At age 9, Nice Nailantei Leng'ete ran away from home so she wouldn't have her genitalia cut as part of a coming-of-age ceremony.
For her defiance, she was shunned by family and community.
That was 16 years ago. The ritual cutting away of part or all of the external female genitalia continues in force around the world. A new UNICEF report estimates that at least 200 million women alive today have undergone what's known as female genital mutilation (FGM).
But now there's a concerted eff
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Amref Health Africa Calls for Increased Focus and Investment on Providing Safe Water
On Tuesday, March 22, Amref Health Africa will join the global community in celebrating the World Water Day, notably the first following adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in November 2015. The launch of the SDGs has renewed hope for millions of African women and children who spend 40 billion hours annually walking for water. Water is central to everything including agriculture, food security and nutrition, sanitation, hygiene and overall health, industry,
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Amref Salud Africa signs an agreement with the Council of Tenerife to promote health systems in Senegal
Madrid, 27 July 2016 – Amref Salud Africa (Amref Health Africa in Spain) signed an agreement with the Council of Tenerife and the University of La Laguna to reinforce health systems in Senegal, and avoid the prevalence of tropical diseases in some areas of the country.
Tropical diseases, such as yellow fever, Zika virus and Ebola, are significant life-threatening conditions for millions of people living in the tropical areas. With globalisation and the mobility of persons, this danger has been extended to all five continents, as opposed to th Read More -
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Ground breaking ceremony for the Kerwa Water Project
Friday 18 March 2016 will be a day to remember for the people of Kerwa village. As we arrive at the village in Kiambu County, a huge gathering greets us with big smiles and ululations. Mothers, fathers, the young and the old all seem to make up the over 600 villagers who have come to witness the ground breaking ceremony for the Kerwa Water Project.
In attendance was a team from Amref Health Africa in Kenya led by Dr. Meshack Ndirangu, the Kenya Country Director and Dr. George Kimathi, the WASH and NTDs Programme Manager. Also in attendance w
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