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Celebrating the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

You’re obviously very passionate about the rights of women and girls, and eradication of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). Why is…

4 years ago

How COVID-19 is fuelling an increase in female genital mutilation/cutting and what we can do about it

By Dr Tammary Esho, Director, Amref Health Africa End FGM/C Centre of Excellence Nairobi, Kenya. After decades of progress in…

4 years ago

Utilising a Blended Approach in Enhancing the Capacity of Health Workers to Address Malnutrition: The Amref Health Africa and UNICEF-Approach

Authors: Leticia Buluma (Amref ICD), Joyce Muthoni (Amref ICD), Joyce Murerwa (CoP – Nutrition, Technical Support Unit, HQ) Without adequate…

4 years ago

National Dialogue: Solution to Ending Health Workers Strikes in Kenya

Author: Gilbert Wangalwa, Amref Health Africa The health sector in any country is the greatest pillar of wealth generation in…

4 years ago

Pandemic preparedness: My 21st century task for leaders in Africa

By GITHINJI GITAHI In the mid-1300s, humanity was struck by a deadly pandemic. Spread by fleas and flea-carrying rodents, the…

4 years ago

I rappresentanti di Amref come modelli d’eccellenza 2020

Due prestigiose classifiche annuali hanno selezionato due rappresentanti di spicco di Amref Health Africa: Githinji Gitahi e Lizz Ntonjira, rispettivamente il CEO e la…

4 years ago

Are African countries ready for the COVID-19 vaccine?

by Dr. Githinji Gitahi (Amref Health Africa), Rosemarie Muganda-Onyando (PATH), Edwin Macharia (Dalberg Advisors) Preparing African countries for COVID-19 vaccines will…

4 years ago

COVID-19 will be here for some time – and children need to be in school

When schools closed in Kenya in March this year, we knew very little about COVID-19 – who was most affected,…

4 years ago

Race and representation in NGO storytelling: responses to 5 frequently asked questions

AUTHOR: JESS CROMBIE RACHEL ERSKINE IVY LAHON NATALIE LARTEY JANICE NJOROGE KATE MCCOY Fighting systemic racism in humanitarian aid and development…

4 years ago

Let’s strive to build a robust health system

By Dr Githinji Gitahi A strong equitable resilient health system that is trusted by the people and serves their health…

4 years ago