Leveraging Private Sector Partnerships to Support Increased Access to COVID-19 Testing
Amref Health Africa has been supporting ministries of health in Africa to address the continent’s health challenges for over 60 years now. In response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Amref has been at the forefront of supporting government-led efforts …
Realizing sustainable, high quality, affordable primary care in Makueni
In July 2018, Amref Health Africa, Royal Philips and Makueni County came together to explore a Public Private Partnership for enhancement of the County’s primary care system. While the public sector is able to provide affordable healthcare for all, it …
Steps towards grappling with mental health in Kenya
Mental health, quite a common yet often stigmatized condition in our communities, is a type of mental illness that has been addressed in silence. Health is commonly referred to as a state of well-being emotionally, psychologically, physically and socially. Interestingly …
Making strides towards cancer management in Kenya!
A team of cancer specialists (surgeons, oncologists, pathologists, palliative care experts, onco-care nurses and radiologists) from the public and private sectors converged, September – October 2018, to develop the first Integrated National Cancer Curriculum and Content for Primary Health Care …
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Amref to play key role in Universal Health Coverage
By Hezron Ochiel
Amref Health Africa has outlined proposals to help accelerate the attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The health institution has partnered with Kenya’s National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to fast-track the scale-up of UHC by using Community …
Amref Health Africa to Host the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center
Following a highly competitive partner selection process, Amref Health Africa has been chosen to host the Strategic Purchasing Africa Resource Center (SPARC) — a new initiative aimed at strengthening strategic health purchasing in sub-Saharan Africa to get more value for …
Amref Joins Health Stakeholders in Aligning NCDs to Universal Health Coverage agenda
The Cabinet Secretary for Health in Kenya, Mrs Sicily Kariuki, has appealed to development partners to support the Government in mapping out how to achieve Universal Health Coverage in the context of a growing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
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Pushing the maternal health agenda through partnerships and innovation
Amref Health Africa and PharmAccess have joined forces in an innovative partnership called i-PUSH. The partnership aims to improve access to better health care for 100,000 women and their families in Kenya through mobile phones.
i-PUSH was officially unveiled on …
Amref 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 …
