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Meet Africa’s New Generation of Health Innovators

DAKAR, Senegal/GENEVA, Switzerland, 16 September 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations (IFPMA) and Speak Up Africa, have announced Conrad Tankou, CEO, GIC…

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Where to get Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya

Kenya recently has been receiving several batches of Covid-19 vaccines as the country seeks to vaccinate at least 60 per…

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Africa: COVID lockdowns blamed for increase in teenage pregnancies

“I’m five months pregnant by a young man who works in the barracks,” says 16-year-old Elsa. “He is a soldier…

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Demographic, occupational and societal risk exposures to physical injuries in a rural community in Western Kenya: a 12-week longitudinal study

Strengths and limitations of this study We evaluated temporal risks of injuries by demographic, occupational and societal exposures. We analytically…

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Amref rolls out civic education campaigns to boost vaccines uptake

Amref Health Africa has embarked on a robust public education and awareness campaign to boost Covid-19 vaccine uptake in East…

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The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How One Girl Fought to Save Herself, Her Sister and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

As a girl, Nice knew that to resist the cut meant becoming an outcast in Masai culture. Yet Nice managed…

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Health care stakeholders sensitized on COVID-19 Vaccination

As vaccines become available, the health care sector in Kenya is racing against time to immunize as many people as…

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Lizz Ntonjira: Staying true to myself and standing my ground have seen me progress

Lizz Ntonjira Mutuma is the global communications director at Amref Health Africa. The 34-year-old holds a law degree from the…

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Amref Global CEO, Dr. Githinji Gitahi on CNN Newsroom discussing the COVAX programme

Dr. Githinji Gitahi, on the show CNN Newsroom with Robyn Curnow discussing the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) programme -…

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7 Secrets to Transformative Partnerships

The partnership between Philips and Amref Health Africa has been one of our most successful. Since teaming up eight years…

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