AMREF HEALTH AFRICA -TANZANIA
Amref Health Africa Tanzania (Amref Tanzania) is a locally registered non-governmental organization under the Non-Governmental Organizations Act No. 24 of 2002, holding registration number ooNGO/R1/00318. Amref Health Africa Tanzania was established as a fully-fledged country office since 1987. Historically, Amref Health Africa Tanzania was established as one of the country offices of an Africa-wide organization, Amref Health Africa that has been in existence since 1957 and actively engaged in addressing medical and surgical services, including community outreach interventions as well as related research studies, as Flying doctors Service of East Africa. Presently, Amref Tanzania is a locally led entity with its country-based leadership and Board of Governance.
For over 35 years, we have been at the forefront of public health initiatives in Tanzania, collaborating with the Ministry of Health, the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG), the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women, and Special Groups, as well as other key ministries across both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar. Our community-based approaches empower underserved areas, strengthen connections between communities and formal health systems, promote healthy behaviors, prevent diseases, and enhance the skills of healthcare workers. We are guided by our core values of integrity, quality, ubuntu, accountability, and collaboration, which shape our culture and actions.
Amref Tanzania currently implements projects and programs across regions on the mainland and in Zanzibar. Our strategy for 2023-2030 is centered on universal health coverage, addressing the climate crisis and its impact on health, navigating demographic transitions, ensuring public health security, and embracing data and technology transformation.
Our programs prioritize community-led, people-centered health interventions aimed at achieving sustainable primary healthcare while addressing both immediate health needs and underlying social determinants.
Portfolios and Programs
Amref Tanzania’s projects are categorised into 3 portfolios and 8 program areas:
Youth Program: Empowers youths as community change agents through leadership skills, economic empowerment, education, healthcare, and advocacy. Initiatives include sexual and reproductive health (SRH) training, entrepreneurship workshops, and mentorship.
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Program: Addresses healthcare needs of women, newborns, children, and adolescents. Focuses on comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including family planning, skilled delivery, and antenatal and postnatal care, promoting maternal and child health education, and strengthening healthcare systems to reduce mortality rates. Additionally, our projects prioritize youth-friendly health services and their nutrition and mental well-being.
Women Empowerment Program: Promotes gender equality, women’s rights, and socio-economic empowerment. Focuses on education, healthcare, economic opportunities, leadership roles, addressing gender-based violence, advocating for policy changes, promoting reproductive health and rights and empowering women to become agents of change in their communities.
Integrated Primary Health Care (I-PHC) Program: Strengthens primary healthcare systems by integrating essential health services and linking community structures with health facilities. Advocates and contributes to efforts to ensure that local health facilities are adequately staffed, equipped, and supported. Empower healthcare professionals to provide accessible and high-quality services.
Health System Strengthening (HSS) Program: Enhances healthcare delivery systems by improving infrastructure, training healthcare workers, and implementing robust health information systems. Addressing key components such as governance, financing, service delivery and human resources.
Community Health System Strengthening (C-HSS) Program: Empowers communities to take charge of their health by providing training, resources, and support to local health workers and volunteers. Through community-led initiatives, such as health education programs, community health referrals, and outreach services, we strive to improve access to healthcare services, promote preventive measures, and strengthen the overall health infrastructure at the grassroots level.
WASH and Climate Change Program: Ensures sustainable water, hygiene and sanitation practices, improves nutrition and livelihoods, and promotes climate-resilient health systems.Developing capacities of the health workforce, endorsing One-Health principles and preparedness for adverse climate events while addressing livelihoods.
Public Health Security: We safeguard communities against disease outbreaks and public health emergencies by strengthening health systems, enhancing disease surveillance, capacitating healthcare workers and promoting community resilience through capacity-building initiatives and effective healthcare infrastructure.
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