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  Amref Health Africa feted as best African employer in continental brand awards

  … Group CEO Dr Githinji Gitahi is also singled out for his outstanding leadership of the organisation

  December 14, 2016…Amref Health Africa has been recognized as among the best organisations to work for in Africa at the just concluded 11th Employer Branding Awards ceremony held in the island nation of Mauritius.

  

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  Amref Health Africa Commemorates World Hypertension Day

  Amref Health Africa joined the world in commemorating World Hypertension Day at Nairobi’s City Hall on 17 May 2016 where several health stakeholders met in an event that aimed to draw attention to a silent killer that is slowly taking it‘s toll in developing countries. At the event, grim statistics of the condition were laid out by the County Executive Committee Member of Health Services, Dr Bernard Muia who was also the Chief Guest.

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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.
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  Amref 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

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  Celebrating 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

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  Amref 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

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  Amref, 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
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  Amref 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.”

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