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Amref Health Africa and UNICEF Renew Commitment to Strengthening Primary Health Care
On October 31, Amref Health Africa and UNICEF held a parallel session on strengthening community platforms for Primary Health Care (PHC) at the 2nd International Conference on Maternal, New-born and Child Health in Africa, convened by the African Union Commission. The meeting was co-chaired by Dr Githinji Gitahi, Amref Health Africa Group CEO, Dr Sam Oboche, UNICEF’s Senior Health Specialist, Dr Mariame Sylla, Chief Health and Nutrition, Gabriele Fontana, Regional Advisor for Health, Eastern and Southern Region and
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Amref Hosts First Ladies to Amref at 60 Dinner
Governors’ wives pledge to make health a priority in their counties
Amref Health Africa in Kenya last night hosted the First Ladies of the County Governments of Kenya to a gala dinner in celebration of the organisation’s 60th anniversary at the Enashipai Resort in Naivasha, where the governors’ spouses have been meeting this week. Dr Meshack Ndirangu, Country Director of Amref Health Africa in Kenya, challenged the First Ladies to use their positions to influence improvement of health care in their counties, in particular through promoting (Read More -
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Italian donors visit Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County
A team of Italian donors has described a charity trip to Amref Health Africa’s Integrated Nutrition project in Siaya County in Kenya as ‘completely life-changing’. The donors, Sonia Badoni, Massimiliano Gaddini and Caterina Rochetti exuded confidence on how Amref staff displayed their commitment towards making the project succeed. The team, accompanied by two representatives from Amref Health Africa in Italy, Serena Gentile and Silvia Carbutti were on a mission to assess the impact of the project which is funded by the European Union through Amref Health Africa in Italy. Caterin
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CHWs– A Call for Integration into the Formal Health Workforce
For decades, Community Health Workers (CHWs) have been delivering primary health services in hard-to-reach regions of the world. While the term CHW and Community Health Volunteers (CHV) have been used interchangeably to mean the same thing, in Kenya, the use of the term ‘volunteer’ means that they are not required to be compensated. This is the case in many other African countries, where CHWs or CHVs are not paid for the vital health services they provide for their communities. Amref Health Africa has long recognised the value of CHWs in creating lasting health change in Africa. That
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