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!
Amref Health Africa Hero: Ann Njogu – an interview
Ann Njogu is Chairperson of the Amref International University (AMIU) Student Council in Nairobi, Kenya where she is in her final year of the degree program in Health Systems Management [...]
The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence: A Male Agent of Change in Kenya
Contemplative and eloquent, Justus Hassan, 36, is a father of three from Wang’chieng village, Migori County in Kenya. He has volunteered to fight sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) alongside [...]
Community Health Workers in Kenya Demystify COVID-19 Vaccines
In the southern part of Kenya, along the shores of Lake Victoria – Africa's largest freshwater lake – meet Millicent Anyango, a Community Health Worker (CHW) leading the Arudho [...]
Integrating Services for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, Amref Health Africa is establishing and strengthening one-stop centres at targeted hospitals to provide integrated medical and psychosocial services to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). [...]
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”) [...]