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Amref and AstraZeneca launch mobile clinics to support last mile COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Kenya
The mobile clinics will support communities with limited or no access to vaccines and other health services.
Nairobi, Kenya, 27 June 2022: Amref Health Africa and AstraZeneca, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Kenya, are launching a fleet of Mobile Vaccination Clinics (MVCs) in an effort to protect last-mile communities from the pandemic. The ten movable clinics will bring COVID-19
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Amref 02/02/2021/002: LOT 2: Purchase of Personal Protective Equipments and Related Items
Amref Health Africa invites sealed bids from eligible candidates for supply and delivery of personal protective equipment and related items. Tenders documents must be delivered to the specified address not later than Tuesday, 16th February 2021 at 12.00 noon.
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5 ways in which the UK media can improve its coverage of COVID-19 in Africa
Written by Rachel Erskine and Janice Njoroge, Communications Managers with Amref Health Africa
Africa Bracing for a Head-On Collision with Coronavirus, The coronavirus could devastate poor countries, African Countries Fear They Are Defenceless Against Inevitable Spread of Coronavirus. These are just some of the headlines that have appeared since the first cases of coronavirus were confirmed on the African continent. As we write, the number of confirmed cases in Africa has just passed 1 million. Rates of testing vary dramatically from one country to the next, suggesting w Read More
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Personal Stories
Security Guard by Day, Health Worker in Training and Practice – Jane’s Story
Many unsung heroes are making a difference in their community, particularly during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty-six-year-old Jane Njeri Kagwiria Kubai is one such individual. She wears many hats; she is a security guard, a frontline health worker, a student and a mother based in Nyeri County. She works hard as a security guard so at to fulfil her dreams of being a health worker. A single mother of a six-year-old boy (her greatest inspiration) Jane is an early bird, waking up at 3 AM every day to catch the worm. Growing up in a humble family setting, Jane navigated life with v
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Choosing between buying food or mask: Margaret Story
It is difficult to live in one of the largest slums in Africa. It is even tougher to live with an existing Coronavirus pandemic in an informal settlement. On March 13, the Government confirmed the first case of Coronavirus in Kenya, which was a turning point for many families. Margaret Achuongo, a 26-year-old mother of four and a resident of Soweto in Kibera slum in Kenya has seen the firsthand effects of living while protecting themselves from getting the highly contagious disease. Since the Coronavirus pandemic, Margaret and her family have had to drastically adjust their lives. As a small
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Community Health Workers Champion Kenya’s COVID-19 Response
Communities and community health workers matter and play a key role in responding to major disease outbreaks as demonstrated in the Ebola outbreak in West and Central Africa. Community health workers provide essential community health services such as increasing access to health products and services, providing health education and reducing the burden on the formal health care system by managing non-complicated illnesses such as Malaria. They identify presumptive cases, trace contacts and link them to health facilities for further management. As countries set up and implement national re
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Personal Stories
Grace Nabenga Lufu 31, Enrolled Nurse, Kakora Dispensary
“As medical practitioners, we are supposed to wash our hands with soap before and after handling the expectant mother, this was very difficult those days when there was no water. We were using buckets and it required another person to help you pour water while washing your hands; we did not have good handwashing facilities. Today, everything is easy, I just open the tap and water flows. We have a big water tank reservoir, so we have water all the time. I am excited about all these improvements in our dispensary. Sanitation and hygiene conditions have greatly improved. We have a new incine
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Perepetua Emmanuel, 28, Village Health Worker
“My name is Perepetua Emmanuel. I’m 28 years old, a mother of two boys and two girls. I trained as a Village Health Worker; this is voluntary work but I am very happy to see my people in the village improve their sanitation and hygiene conditions as well as seeking health centre services when pregnant instead of going to traditional birth attendants. After my training as a Village Health Worker, I requested our village (Nyamalimbe) chairman for permission to go house-to-house teaching people about good sanitation and hygiene practices. The village Executive Committee also allowed me to
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