Noah Wekesa

Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls in Urban Informal Settlements

As Africa’s urban population continues to grow rapidly, the rise and growth of informal settlements (slums) continue unabated. With rapid…

5 years ago

Amref Health Africa Named among Kenya’s top NGO Sector Players (2018/19)

Organised by Kenya’s Nongovernmental Organisation (NGO) Coordination Board, the NGO Week 2020 was held from 27th to 31st January 2020…

5 years ago

A Big World Win in the Fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases

By Solomon Mwaniki (WASH Project Officer) and Peter Waka (Programme Director, WASH, and NTDs), Amref Health Africa Neglected tropical diseases…

5 years ago

Kenya First Lady Donates Life-Saving Auto Transfusion Surgical Device

The First Lady’s Beyond Zero Kenya initiative has donated an autotransfusion surgical device - HEMAFUSE - to Mama Lucy Kibaki…

5 years ago

Salma’s Story: Embracing Child Spacing in Kwale County

Salma Kadama, a 22-year-old mother of three is a resident of Miatsani Village, Kwale County. Salma had all her three children…

5 years ago

Public-Private Mix (PPM) Interventions to Find the Missing People with TB in Kenya

The National TB Prevalence Survey (2016) showed that close to 50% of Kenya’s Tuberculosis (TB) cases go undetected and untreated.…

5 years ago

Amref Partners with Ministry of Health to Train National Youth Service Recruits in Community Health

For the first time in the history of Kenya’s National Youth Service (NYS), a group of 2,000 servicemen and women…

5 years ago

Kenyan Health Organisations Launch Social Accountability Platform for Universal Health Coverage

Social accountability for health is still a relatively new practice in Kenya and indeed across the African continent. Kenya continues…

5 years ago

Kajiado County Enacts Policy to End Female Genital Mutilation

It is estimated that 100,000 girls undergo female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Kenya every year.   The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey…

5 years ago

Unpacking the journey to self reliance (J2SR)

“As we listen to some of the most thoughtful voices around the world, over and over again we hear the…

5 years ago