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Amref Health Africa to implement a Child Protection Project funded by the Government of Canada
Nairobi: Wednesday 5 August 2020 – The Canadian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development (DFATD) through the Canadian High Commission in Kenya has funded a one-year COVID-19 Child [...]
Amref Health Africa supporting Ministries of Health in Africa in strengthening response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the African continent GalleryAmref Health Africa supporting Ministries of Health in Africa in strengthening response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the African continent
Amref Health Africa supporting Ministries of Health in Africa in strengthening response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the African continent
Nairobi, Kenya, 13 March 2020- The novel coronavirus has reached the African continent with confirmed cases of the disease, COVID-19, in a number of countries. The threat posed to [...]
Amref Health Africa at the ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit
Why is the ICPD+25 Nairobi Summit important? At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994, 179 governments adopted a revolutionary Programme of Action that called for [...]
Amref Health Africa among Top 100 Proposals for MacArthur $100 Million Grant
Kenya, Nairobi, February 20, 2020 — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation unveiled today that Amref Health Africa was one of the highest-scoring proposals, designated as the Top 100, in [...]
Ending FGM/C by 2030: Uniting forces to make FGM/C a practice of the past
VANCOUVER, June 4, 2019—3.9 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) every year. On the 2nd June 2019, for the first time ever, NGOs, grassroots and [...]
The African Union Appoints Amref Health Africa Global CEO to Board of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
NAIROBI, 8 August 2019: Amref Health Africa Global CEO and Co-Chair of UHC 2030 steering committee, Dr Githinji Gitahi has been appointed as a member of the Governing Board of [...]
A Message from the Chair of Our Board of Directors
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Amref Health Africa in Canada, I have some news to share with you. Anne Marie Kamanye, our Executive Director for the [...]
Amref Health Africa Group CEO Receives Presidential Commendation for Promoting Health in Kenya
Amref Health Africa Group Chief Executive Officer, Dr Githinji Gitahi on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 received the Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear (MBS) from the President [...]
Nutrition International and Amref Health Africa partner to fight malnutrition across Africa
NAIROBI, May 21, 2018 – Amref Health Africa and Nutrition International ─ through its Nutrition Leverage for Transformation (NLIFT) model have today formalized a partnership intended to provide nutrition benefits to communities [...]