Les principes directeurs répondent aux appels lancés par les pays à revenu faible et intermédiaire en faveur de la mobilisation de financements qui sauvent et sauveront des vies, alors que la crise...
Amref Health Africa (Amref) Updates
Search
Refine the list with filters
Search helpList
41 funders, partners endorse new guiding principles for financing climate and health solutions to protect health
Guiding Principles respond to low- and middle-income countries’ calls to mobilize finance to save lives now and in the future as the climate crisis threatens global health A consortium of...
Battling Drought, Malnutrition and the Desperation for Safe, Clean Water
Balambala sub-county lies in the arid heartland of Garissa County, Kenya – a region profoundly affected by the relentless grip of drought. The unforgiving natural disaster has not only dried the...
World + 1 more
A Global Toolkit Promotes Inclusive Health Care for Marginalized Refugees
Recent years have seen an increase in global initiatives aimed at providing mental health support in low- and middle-income countries to those affected by disaster, conflict and forced migration...
Over 70 INGOs urge the UK government to secure an urgent ceasefire in Israel and occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT)
October 18, 2023 73 leaders of UK INGOs have signed a statement calling on the UK government to secure an urgent ceasefire in Israel and Gaza following blasts at al-Ahli al-Arabi Hospital in Gaza and...
E = mc²: South Sudan's health formula
Bringing health to remote areas with mobile clinics to combat malnutrition and common diseases. Rome, 21 September 2023 - Fighting malnutrition and access to health services: this is the aim of the...
Kenya + 5 more
The Vaccination Action Network: a Retrospective Report - Peer Learning for Action on COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake (May 2023)
Executive Summary The Vaccination Action Network (VAN) supports member countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe) to identify COVID-19 vaccine demand challenges and co-create...
Response against the Deadly Marburg Virus Disease in Tanzania: Amref Health Africa’s Support
For the first time in the history of the United Republic of Tanzania, an outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) was reported by the Ministry of Health on 21 March 2023. The Ministry declared the...
Amref Health Africa Launches an Emergency Appeal to Support Survivors of the Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Malawi
The deadly storm destroyed water systems, sanitation and healthcare facilities raising concerns about a possible escalation of Malawi’s deadliest cholera outbreak. 29 March 2023, Lilongwe, Malawi:...
USAID Malawi MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo hands over Cholera medical supplies to five district health offices
Lilongwe, Malawi 23rd January 2023: The USAID Malawi MOMENTUM Tikweze Umoyo project has handed over various medical supplies to five district health offices of Chitipa, Karonga, Nkhotakota, Kasungu...
How Amref Health Africa worked with partners to support Ebola fight in Uganda
Uganda on Wednesday declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in Mubende district on September 20, 2022. The announcement brought a...
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Ebola
Dr Tonny Kipsandui, Programme Manager at Amref Health Africa in Uganda answers your questions on Ebola. Dr Kipsandui is a public health expert and trained in the prevention of diseases epidemics and...
Climate Crises on Health and Livelihoods: The Unheard Tales of Garfasa Community in Isiolo
The impacts of climate change are felt everywhere across the globe – characterised by extreme temperatures, heat waves, floods and droughts, among others. These factors have a bearing effect on...
World + 1 more
110+ NGOs call on Congress to appropriate emergency resources for food insecurity, humanitarian action & global COVID-19 response
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Schumer, Minority Leader McCarthy, Minority Leader McConnell, Chairwoman DeLauro, Chairman Leahy, Vice Chairman Shelby, and Ranking Member Granger: As...
Amref Health Africa appointed by Gavi as the new Civil Society Organisation (CSO) host
The Gavi CSO Constituency is a diverse group made up of over 4000 CSOs from around the world aimed at ensuring that every child and person is reached with immunisation. As Gavi CSO host, Amref will...
Amref Health Africa Launches Project to Scale-up Family Planning in Drought Prone and Chronically Food Insecure areas in Ethiopia
Partnering with WE-Action and Kulich Youth Reproductive Health and Development Organisation, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia launched a five million Euro project dubbed ‘Scaling up Family Planning...
Amref marks great steps to End TB in Tanzania
ANGA, 24 March 2022: Amref Health Africa in Tanzania through the Afya Kamilifu project in partnership with the Ministry of Health celebrated the great strides it has made to commemorate World...
NGOs ask the UK government not to cut aid to South Sudan as threat of famine looms
Severe humanitarian needs across South Sudan have significantly worsened. The sustained support of the international community is critical. As organisations working to support the people of South...
World + 1 more
Nearly 200 charities call on PM not to do a u-turn by reducing UK spend on aid
Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...
A giant leap forward: Ethiopia's steps towards containing COVID-19
Amref Health Africa's mobile-learning platform, Leap, is to be used as part of the Ethiopian Government's Preparedness and Response Plan for COVID-19, training frontline health workers in the fight...