Check out these first-hand accounts of how we are creating lasting health change in partnership with communities in Africa. These stories will amaze and inspire you!
Essential COVID-19 training for Community Health Volunteers in Malawi made easier through phones
Ensuring that people in the community have the correct information regarding COVID-19 is vital to containing its spread and making sure that those infected are receiving the necessary treatment. [...]
Training Health Workers in Kenya on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
Health workers play a vital role in supporting survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Kenya. They provide treatment, and can assist in efforts to prevent violence as well. [...]
Octavia Kakengela: Amref’s project has helped reduce mother and newborn deaths in our village
Octavia Kakengela, 38, is the in-charge health provider at the Mwasamba Dispensary in Busega District, in the Simiyu region of Tanzania. Mwasamba Dispensary is one of the facilities supported [...]
Aneles Lubagumya: New operating theatre at our hospital in Tanzania is saving lives
Aneles Lubagumya, 43, has been a nurse at Mwandoya Hospital in Meatu District, Simiyu region in Tanzania, for more than 15 years. She says that great change that has [...]
Michael Oscar: Spearheading school peer clubs for sexual and reproductive health education in Tanzania
Michael Oscar, 43, a teacher at Chenge secondary school in Bariadi, Simiyu region in Tanzania, is one of the 435 teachers trained through the Uzazi Uzima (Kiswahili for “Safe Deliveries”) [...]
Marko Maguta: Amref’s training has helped community health workers improve care in Tanzania
Marko Maguta, 44, a Community Health Worker (CHW) from Mwasamba Village at Bariadi in the Simiyu region of Tanzania, is one of the 800 CHWs trained through the Uzazi Uzima [...]
Veronica Masomeke: Talking about sexual and reproductive issues was a taboo
Veronica Masomeke, 17, is a form four student and a peer educator at Chenge Secondary School in Bariadi District in the Simiyu region in Tanzania. She is one of the [...]
Shopping in Safety
Community health volunteers (CHVs), when they are well trained, play an integral role in health education in Malawi. Walking around the paths leading to Undi village, is a [...]
A Canadian Win: COVID-19 Response Improves Maternal and Child Health Services in Ethiopia
Han Health Centre is located in Bahir Dar, Amhara regional state in Ethiopia. The centre provides a variety of health care services for a population of more than [...]