“We do the same w Read MoreLet Me Tell You a Story about Water
By Arthur Mwai, Project Assistant, Child Focused Development Project Kilifi Tell me a story about a place across a bridge where the river with many names snakes its way into the Indian Ocean. A place so hot and humid that it leaves you feeling parched with thirst to a point of delirium. Under the merciless sun and noon day heat, no creature dares make any unnecessary movement. Listless and panting. Goats and cows jostle under the shade of a handful branches of scrawny trees. About three kilometres off the Malindi-Lamu highway is Bandacho village. Windswept fields of sand
Read MoreThe case for universal health coverage, and the critical role for the private sector
While universal health coverage is essential, the implementation of such a system is complex and the private sector has a pivotal role to play in leading the charge. Co-authored by Dr. Githinji Gitahi, Group CEO Amref Health Africa and Dr. Susanne Weissbaecker, Global Head of Access to Medicines, Takeda. Dramatic advances in healthcare and medicine over recent decades have helped increase humanity’s average life expectancy, but the underlying reality today is that access to these innovations is far from equitable. Many people around the world still lack even basic access to ca
Read MoreWHO Launches New Guideline for Community Health Workers
By Christin Roby KIGALI, Rwanda — For most people living in rural Africa, the first point of contact for health care is with community health workers. Serving as the link between structured health facilities and communities, these workers provide a range of essential health services from prenatal consultations to malaria screenings. For more than 40 years, community health workers, or CHWs, have been globally recognized
Read MoreThe AHAIC Youth Pre-Conference held in Kigali, Rwanda
By Diram Duba, Adult Facilitator, Amref Health Africa in Kenya
The Africa Health Agenda International Youth Pre-conference was held in Kigali, Rwanda, from March 3 to 4, 2019 at the Kigali Convention Centre. Organised by Amref Health Africa with the support of other partners, it brought together young men and women from all over the globe under the theme “Nothing about us without us” presenting an opportunity for young people to contribute to the debate on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) on the African continent.
Healthcare Convention Doubles Down on Universal Health Coverage for Africa
By Samuel Getachew The Africa Health Agenda International Conference, an initiative of Amref Health Africa, one of the largest health-related conferences in the continent hosted its biennial gathering inside Kigali’s Convention Centre in Rwanda this week. The five day event, including a two-day Youth Pre-Conference highlighted the need to have universal health coverage across the African continent by 2030. Among the highlights was a mixture of scientific tracks, dozens of workshops and had more than 1500 delegates in attendance, including hundreds of healthcare workers across the cont
Read MoreAfrica — Achieving health coverage without compromising on quality
Momentum for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Africa is building and many African countries have already integrated UHC into their national health strategies. But with 11 million Africans pushed into extreme poverty each year because of out-of-pocket health expenses, how can Africa achieve UHC which delivers a quality package of care for people living in Africa?
The UHC debate was buzzing in Rwanda’s capital Kigali this week during one of the largest health gatherings in Africa, the Read More
Achieving UHC in Africa Requires Support for Most Vulnerable, Experts Say
By Christin Roby KIGALI, Rwanda — Achieving universal health coverage remains a challenge in Africa, where customized, quality, and affordable essential health services that meet local demands and reach vulnerable populations often remains an option for a limited few. On Tuesday, as the second biennial Africa Health Agenda International Conference kicked off in the rainy hills of Kigali, Rwanda, some 1,500 health advocates repre
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Views From Rwanda: Why African countries should improve welfare, capacity of Community Health Workers
Their major concern is that they are being sidelined and undermined, and worst still, underpaid, reports GroundUp, a South African based news medium.Translate »Ebola Outbreak in Africa: Strengthening Africa’s Health Security
Amref’s Ebola Response: Health threats know no borders; explore Amref’s work in building resilient systems that prevent and respond to outbreaks like Ebola.
