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Amref Group CEO discusses role of private sector in health at Japan G7 meeting
…Dr Githinji Gitahi speaks at the G7 Kobe Health Ministers’ Meeting on September 10, 2016
8 September 2016
Dr Githinji Gitahi, the Group CEO of Amref Health Africa, spoke at a meeting during the G7 Kobe Health Ministers’ Meeting Side Event on Saturday, September 10, 2016. He presented his insights as the Group CEO of the largest health NGO in Africa on the role of private sector in healthcare.
The event comes at a time when the role of private sector in healthcare has come into sharp focus due to its role in compleme Read MoreNewsUSAID Gift for Kenyan Mothers and Children
The US Government, through USAID, this week handed over medical equipment to the Kenya Government for use in hospitals across the country to reduce deaths of mothers and babies.
The handover ceremony was held at the Lodwar Referral Hospital in Turkana County, which is one of the largest and most remote counties in Kenya. US Deputy Mission Director Tina Dooley-Jones commended the county government for their efforts to improve health services for the people of the vast and arid region, where mothers and children have to travel long distances i
Read MoreNewsAmref Health Africa Makes Great Steps to end TB
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a public health challenge in developing countries. Worldwide in 2014, World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 9 million people developed TB with Kenya contributing about 89,000 TB cases. Kenya is ranked 15th among the 22 high TB burden countries making the risk of infection transmission high. WHO estimates that 20% of annual estimates are still not being notified. Some of those missed are those who present to private providers and somehow diagnosis is missed.
With the focus in post 2015 Global TB strategy
Read MoreNews, UncategorizedAmref Health Africa at the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
Amref Health Africa is pleased to be participating in the Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research from November 14 to 18, 2016 in Vancouver, Canada.
The Symposium, organized by Health Systems Global, brings together experts under the theme “Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World.”Read MoreNewsAmref Health Africa unveils revolutionary mobile solution for training community health workers
8th June 2016 …. Amref Health Africa has today unveiled an mHealth solution, LEAP, that seeks to revolutionise the way training of community-based health workers is conducted in Kenya and beyond. In Kenya, a community health worker receives basic initial training on health service delivery which almost always marks the end to any kind of health training throughout the life of the community health worker.
Through the platform, a health worker is able to access continued training through their mobile device, peer learning through engagement
Read MoreNews, UncategorizedMedical Supplies delivered to Mandera for Cholera Epidemic Response
Amref Health Africa yesterday delivered a consignment of supplies to support the Mandera County in controlling and managing the ongoing cholera outbreak.
Mandera has been hit by a health crisis of epidemic proportions with 11 people having died from cholera and more than 734 people infected. The Mandera County hospital is struggling to cope with the heavy influx of patients, with many being treated in makeshift wards in the compound of the hospital.
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News, UncategorizedMedical Supplies delivered to Mandera for Cholera Epidemic Response
Amref Health Africa yesterday delivered a consignment of supplies to support the Mandera County in controlling and managing the ongoing cholera outbreak.
Mandera has been hit by a health crisis of epidemic proportions with 11 people having died from cholera and more than 734 people infected. The Mandera County hospital is struggling to cope with the heavy influx of patients, with many being treated in makeshift wards in the compound of the hospital.
News, UncategorizedFirst Innovate for Life meetup held in Nairobi Kenya in anticipation for a two day hackathon during the Africa Health Agenda International Conference
The first Innovate for life meetup was held on 12 January 2017, at Nailab, in Nairobi, Kenya. The meetup was an integration of innovators and subject matter experts in health that aimed to rally up innovators towards a two day hackathon that will be part of the Africa International Health Agenda Conference by Amref Health Africa that will run from 7 to 9, March 2017.
Josephine Mwangi, the Head of Communications and Marketing at Nailab,
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