Amref Health Africa is a non-governmental organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya and established in 1957. Our vision is Lasting Health Change in Kenya. Amref Health Africa in Kenya has operations in all 47 counties in the country. Building on six decades of experience and working closely with communities, county and national governments, and other stakeholders, we provide a broad range of services designed to strengthen health systems.
In line with the Amref Health Africa in Kenya’s Strategic Plan (2018-2022), our solutions are geared towards supporting a devolved system of government, addressing the needs of vulnerable populations especially women, children, and youth, and addressing the burden of infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and maternal mortality.
The strategy is aligned to the Constitution of Kenya and the country’s Vision 2030. It seeks to support and spur Kenya’s movement towards attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals and is implemented under three pillars: training, health service delivery and healthcare financing.
Operations
0
Counties
in the country
0
Decades
of experience and working closely with communities
Pillar 1: HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH
Leadership & Management
7,000
Trained in Leadership, Governance and Management
We provide tailor-made training on Leadership, Management, and Governance for County and Sub-County Health Management Teams and Health Facility Management Teams.
Advocacy
80,000 CHVs to benefit
Amref works with national and county Governments to advocate for CHVs to get a scheme of service and remuneration.
Empowerment
1,000
Civil Society Organisations strengthened to fulfil their health mandate
Amref provides community leadership, management and governance training and mentorship to build organisational capabilities of community units and community based organisations.
Technical Training
20,000
Facility-based health workers
40,000
Community health volunteers
700
Traditional Birth Attendants reoriented to become safe motherhood promoters
Pillar 2: HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
Specialist Outreach
1, 353
Operations
11,038
Consultations
20
Counties Reached
Amref provides specialist medical and surgical services in partnership with county governments through the Amref Medical Specialists Consortium.
Facility Management & Specialised Services
4,000
Number of facilities managed
We provide health facility management services and management of specialised services in partnership with county governments for provision of quality healthcare.
Primary Healthcare Outreach
30,000
People reached through NCD walkway clinics
We support provision of primary healthcare including outreach services and mobile clinics.
HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis
HIV
21,099 Clients enrolled on care & treatment
Amref has supported HIV prevention, care, and treatment in nine counties in Kenya.
Malaria
103,900 People treated for malaria at community level
We work with CHVs to identify, diagnose, and treat women, children, and men with malaria at their homes.
Tuberculosis
4,093 People with TB identified by CHVs
Amref supports CHVs with skills to enable them find and refer missing cases of TB in communities.
Youth and Adolescents
400,000 Number of youth reached
with Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights services and information.
Child Protection
26, 000 Number of children rescued and supported by end of 2016
For education through the 4R (Rescue, Rehabilitation, Resocialisation and Reintegration) model.
2000 Girls graduated through the Alternative Rite of Passage, protecting them from female genital mutilation and early marriage.
Reproductive & Maternal Health
95, 000
Number of mothers helped to get skilled attendance during child birth
110, 000
Number of women provided with modern Family Planning methods
Consultancies
We provide consultancies including wellness programmes, programme evaluation and quality improvement, health facility management, telemedicine and community information management systems.
Sanitation Interventions & Awareness
700, 000
Number of people reached with sanitation interventions and awareness
60, 000
Screened for Trachoma
We support community and facility-based management
of TB, Malaria, HIV and neglected Tropical Diseases,
community mobilisation to improve sanitation and
hygiene and promotion of hygiene in schools.
Pillar 3: HEALTH CARE FINANCING
Healthcare Financing
Amref works with Community Health Volunteers to enrol clients to NHIF to ensure financial protection for health.
Partnership
We partner with both the private sector and counties to improve health services. We have established private and public sector partnerships through which, as a result of our advocacy efforts, money has been allocated for community health initiatives.
Consultancies
We provide consultancies including wellness programmes, programme evaluation and quality improvement, health facility management, telemedicine and community information management systems.
OUR BIG GOALS FOR 2022
25M
People with improved access to primary healthcare services.
250, 000
Health professionals have improved skills.
2X
Double government health expenditure in priority counties.
10M
Additional number of people in Kenya with health insurance.
Our Donors
The Global Fund
USAID
CDC
Comic Relief
UNOPS/GSF
Smile Train
Our key donors include USAID, CDC, the Global Fund, DANIDA, EU, DFID, WSSCC/GSF, GIZ, CIDA, Comic Relief, Micronutrient Initiative, Astra Zeneca, Sight Savers, Tullow Oil, Dutch Postcode Lottery, Rockefeller Foundation, Pal Finger, BIG Lottery, Global Sanitation Fund, and the Governments of Netherlands, Italy, and Spain through our Country Offices in the North, and foundations in Europe and North America. We count Tullow Oil, GSK, Philips, GE Healthcare, Safaricom, Samsung, and M-Pesa Foundation as our corporate partners in bringing lasting health change to Kenyans.
