Amref Group CEO Receives Presidential Commendation for Promoting Health in Kenya
Amref Health Africa Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Githinji Gitahi on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 received the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) from the President of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta. Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) is a presidential commendation given to recipients on the advice of the National Honours and Awards Committee in the Office of the President. The President issued Dr Githinji the state commendation in recognition of outstanding contribution to the health sector at the helm of Amref Health Africa. Dr Githinji has been instrume
Read MoreBridging the Gap in Implementation Science: Evaluating a Capacity-Building Program in Data Management, Analysis, Utilization, and Dissemination in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Building capacity in implementation science within health programs is dependent on training in theory and practice of epidemiology, statistics, and research in addition to high self-efficacy toward application of training. This article describes a training program providing technical assistance to more than 300 health facilities in Kenya and Tanzania, its evaluation results, and its ability to improve participants' knowledge, competencies, and self-efficacy on data management, analysis, and dissemination among health care professionals. Two months prior to the trainin
Read MoreCourse for health journalists to kick off in February 2019
Amref Health Africa through the Amref International University (AMIU) and Amref Regional Programmes will jointly roll out a course for health journalists in February 2019. This was revealed by the interim Vice Chancellor of AMIU Dr Alice Lakati who said that the course has already been approved by the university’s Senate. A first-of-its-kind, the course gives journalism students, mid-level media practitioners, editors and communications specialists’ gre
Read MoreResponse to study published in BMJ Global Health “Secular trends in the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting among girls: a systematic analysis”
Amref Health Africa, the largest African-led international organisation on the continent, welcomes the recent findings published in BMJ Global Health that the prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting of girls under the age of 14 has fallen significantly in the 29 countries in Africa that were part of the study. Using Demographic Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data sets from Africa, the study finds that the prevalence of FGM/C for girls under 14 dropped the most in East Africa where it went from 71.
Read MoreAddressing Reproductive Health Issues by Redefining Sexuality Education
The Health Systems Advocacy (HSA) Partnership held its second joint action planning meeting in November, underscoring the need to promote Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in Africa.
The forum which was held between November 27 and 29, also called on strengthening human resources for health and sustainable health financing because only a strong health system can ensure SRHR.
The HSA partnership brings together Amref Health Africa, the African Centre for Global Health and Soc
Read MoreEnsuring Safe Sanitation for all When Nature Calls: What is Needed by 2030?
Today the world celebrates the World Toilet Day whose theme is ‘’when nature calls’’- a metaphor which represents the call of nature that every person alive has to respond to – defecation. The United Nations dedicated this day to encourage behavior change and the implementation of policies to increase access to sanitation for all with particular emphasis on ending open defecation. After the horrific cholera epidemics of 1849 and 1854, Henry Moule, an English clergyman and other inventors, scientist and
Read MoreInnovate For Life Fund 2018 Cohort
Innovative Six For the second year around, the Innovate for Life Fund is working with the most innovative healthcare entrepreneurs in Sub Sahara Africa. The 5 five-month accelerator program successfully completed two intensive weeks, The first in September and the second one was held very recently, November 5 – 9, 2018. Both hosted at Amref International University. This year’s cohort consist of six entrepreneurs. They were carefully selected out of over 300 applications coming from all over sub-Saharan Africa. This year’s innovative six are:
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