Check out these first-hand accounts of how we are creating lasting health change in partnership with communities across Africa. These stories will inspire you!
How one community health worker in Tanzania is helping pregnant women survive
Paulina Boniface Dotto, 53, devotes her time to promoting the value and importance of antenatal care services (also known as pre- and post-natal care) to pregnant women in the Simiyu [...]
How communities in Tanzania are working together to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C)
Meet Dr. Jane Sempeho (centre). A passionate advocate for the health and rights of girls and women in Tanzania. Dr. Sempeho manages Amref Health Africa’s Integrated ARP-WASH (Alternative Rites [...]
Continuing Essential Health Care in Tanzania During COVID-19
Women in the Simiyu Region of Tanzania face many challenges that prevent them from accessing a health facility to deliver their babies, or receive medical advice during their pregnancy. [...]
How an 11-year-old girl in northern Kenya fought her way into a classroom
Kabale was promised to a man when she was barely three-years-old and expected to marry him when she turned 11. This is common for Gabra girls, a pastorialist (also [...]
Creating Lasting Change for Mothers and Babies in Kenya
In Kenya, 74,000 children die every year before reaching their fifth birthday according to UNICEF compared to 1,750 child deaths under the age of five in Canada (Statistics Canada 2018). Coupled with this, 495 [...]
Sexual violence during COVID-19 – Insights from an Addis Ababa health care professional
Meet Hiwot Girma, a #NoMoreViolence Champion from Ethiopia: “My name is Hiwot. I’m a 26-year-old clinical pharmacist working at Ghandi Memorial Hospital as a drug information focal person. This [...]
COVID-19 school closures leading to increased risk of FGM/C in rural Tanzania
Meet Ibrahim Ibrahim ole Kinwaa, a #NoMoreViolence Champion from Tanzania: “I’m Ibrahim, I’m 39 and from Tanzania’s Tanga region. I live in a small rural town with my wife and [...]
I’m not a victim, I’m a voice – Championing women and girls’ rights in Kenya during COVID-19
Meet Talaso Gababa, a #NoMoreViolence Champion from Kenya: “I live with my brother, sister, and father in a small rural community in northern Kenya called Gabra. With COVID-19, everyone is [...]
On the front lines of COVID-19 in Africa
Eric Njoroge Kabuba got a call late one evening, not long after confirmed COVID-19 cases started to be reported in Kenya. He was asked to pilot a flight to Mandera [...]