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• Position Statements

  Re-engineering the Health Workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Africa’s attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) largely depends on the availability of a skilled, equipped and adequately supported health workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic, as well as disease outbreaks such as Ebola, have delayed UHC progress and left a strain on the health system. Africa’s socio-economic success post pandemic is anchored in the recovery of its health system, which relies on the health workforce. There is therefore an urgent need to comprehensively resolve the health workfor

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• Research Papers

  Long Term Socio-economic Effects of COVID-19 in Rural KENYA

  When the novel coronavirus arrived in sub-Saharan Africa, many feared the continent would not be able to cope with the impact of such a fast-evolving pandemic. Memories of how the Ebola virus overwhelmed weak health systems in West Africa in 2014 loomed largely, and many braced themselves for the socio-economic fallout. But with COVID-19, this never fully materialized. In this research brief, we show that despite falls in income, in the long-term rural communities in western Kenya found a way to cope economically with COVID-19 and its containment measures.

  As the world battled with COVID-19, to the African region, this was the latest in a long list of infectious diseases crippling its health systems. A recent WHO report notes that out of all the 215 million malaria cases reported globally in 2019, 94% were from sub-Saharan Africa. Half of the infections in Africa were concentrated in five countries where malaria is endemic. What this implies is that Africa cannot yet join the rest of the world in celebrating the sustained reduction of malaria cases witne

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• News, Position Statements

  Amref Health Africa Statement During the Commemoration of World Contraception Day

  Reaching the Most Vulnerable with Contraception During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Beyond.

  Background

  Contraception use is a key fundamental human right. Contraception is central in enhancing gender equality and empowerment of women, supporting girls to access education, and is key in the reduction of poverty. It plays a significant role in reducing maternal and child deaths, especiall

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• USAID – AFYA TIMIZA BEST PRACTICES

  AFYA TIMIZA translates to ‘ a promise to health’ in Swahili and espouses the project goal which is aimed at sustainably improving health outcomes for mothers, children, and adolescents in the hard-to-reach areas of Samburu and Turkana Counties. To advance this goal, the project focused on increasing equitable access and utilization of quality County-Led family planning, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (FP/RMNCAH), nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in the hard to reach areas of Samburu County and Turkana Counties of Kenya.

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• Blog

  5 ways in which the UK media can improve its coverage of COVID-19 in Africa

  Written by Rachel Erskine and Janice Njoroge, Communications Managers with Amref Health Africa

  Africa Bracing for a Head-On Collision with Coronavirus, The coronavirus could devastate poor countries, African Countries Fear They Are Defenceless Against Inevitable Spread of Coronavirus. These are just some of the headlines that have appeared since the first cases of coronavirus were confirmed on the African continent. As we write, the number of confirmed cases in Africa has just passed 1 million. Rates of testing vary dramatically from one country to the next, suggesting w

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• News

  78 Girls Graduate into Womanhood without ‘the cut’

  Amref Health Africa in Kenya through the Yes I Do (YIDA) project held an Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) training and graduation ceremony engaging both girls and boys from Indupa Location, Kajiado County. During the four-day training, a total of 78 girls graduated into womanhood at the Alternative Rite of Passage celebration. The week started with training sessions on a variety of topics including reproductive health, the dangers of female genital mutilation (FGM), early marriage, teenage pregnancy, life skills and children’s rights. Girls who had gone through the ARP before and acquire

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