Impact Stories

Attending an education session on TB at his workplace saves a Truck Driver

Arnest Rono, a truck driver, started coughing and having intermittent fever that would come and disappear. This continued for more…

4 years ago

Community pharmacy owner finds a new cause to fight for TB

Geoffrey Namadi and his wife run a pharmacy at a shopping centre in Manyatta, a populous residential area in Kisumu.…

4 years ago

Brave Warrior discards IT career to be a TB Champion

When Timpiyian Leseni an IT graduate recovered from TB disease in 2011, she decided to change her career from information…

4 years ago

Charles Kariuki Mwangi, the Diligent 90-year-old CHW of Busia

By Enock Marita, Knowledge Management/Research Officer - Amref Health Africa A five-year-old boy in Busia town is taken to Busia…

4 years ago

Turning an Ordinary Midwife into a Super Midwife

By Caroline Ariba Her arrival into the maternity ward is noticed. She might not be the most experienced midwife at…

4 years ago

Catherine’s Journey towards Becoming a Midwife

Meet Catherine, one of the powerful women working on the frontline of healthcare in Uganda. Catherine is a 26-year-old midwife…

4 years ago

Community Health Worker in Matala, Angola on a Mission

Daniel Canivete is a Community Health Worker (CHW) in Matala, Huila Province in Angola. He is a husband and a…

4 years ago

Mums Magic Hands (MMH) Programme Equips Communities with COVID-19 Information

Article by Raymond Obare, HBCC Project Communications lead Davis Arere and Doris Osano are two of the 12 Public Health…

4 years ago

Spotlight Initiative – Ngokwe Case

Amref is implementing Spotlight initiative activities through UNFPA. This initiative seeks to eliminate SGBV and HP in Machinga through provision…

4 years ago

Access to contraception is helping to improve the life of Tariko Manta, and her family, who live in a village in Ethiopia

Read Tarkio’s experience in her own words: “My name is Tariko. I am 32-years-old and I live in Kindo Koisha…

4 years ago