Amref Health Africa
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Overview
Amref Health Africa
Amref Health Africa is an international health development non-governmental organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Amref Health Africa has over 65 years
experience in health development. In 1957, three surgeons founded the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa, laying the foundation for what is now one of the continent's leading
health development organization. Today, Amref Health Africa has offices in 10 African countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Training and consulting support are provided to an additional 25 African countries. Amref Health Africa has 11 fundraising offices in Europe and North America. With a focus on women and young people, Amref manages a full range of medical and public health programmes tackling the most critical health challenges facing the continent – including strengthening community health systems, managing public health emergencies and service delivery in conflict environments, addressing communicable, non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases, maternal and childcare, as well as water, sanitation, and health needs arising from climate change and rapid urbanization. Around the world, Amref is rooted in the contexts where we operate and proudly uphold our primary accountability to communities by transforming health systems to prioritize and strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) as the foundation for universal health coverage (UHC) in Africa.
experience in health development. In 1957, three surgeons founded the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa, laying the foundation for what is now one of the continent's leading
health development organization. Today, Amref Health Africa has offices in 10 African countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Training and consulting support are provided to an additional 25 African countries. Amref Health Africa has 11 fundraising offices in Europe and North America. With a focus on women and young people, Amref manages a full range of medical and public health programmes tackling the most critical health challenges facing the continent – including strengthening community health systems, managing public health emergencies and service delivery in conflict environments, addressing communicable, non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases, maternal and childcare, as well as water, sanitation, and health needs arising from climate change and rapid urbanization. Around the world, Amref is rooted in the contexts where we operate and proudly uphold our primary accountability to communities by transforming health systems to prioritize and strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) as the foundation for universal health coverage (UHC) in Africa.
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General information
Amref Health Africa
Amref Health Africa
Amref Health Africa
Amref Salud Africa
African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Amref Health Africa is an international health development non-governmental organization with headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. Amref Health Africa has over 65 years
experience in health development. In 1957, three surgeons founded the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa, laying the foundation for what is now one of the continent's leading
health development organization. Today, Amref Health Africa has offices in 10 African countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Training and consulting support are provided to an additional 25 African countries. Amref Health Africa has 11 fundraising offices in Europe and North America. With a focus on women and young people, Amref manages a full range of medical and public health programmes tackling the most critical health challenges facing the continent – including strengthening community health systems, managing public health emergencies and service delivery in conflict environments, addressing communicable, non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases, maternal and childcare, as well as water, sanitation, and health needs arising from climate change and rapid urbanization. Around the world, Amref is rooted in the contexts where we operate and proudly uphold our primary accountability to communities by transforming health systems to prioritize and strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) as the foundation for universal health coverage (UHC) in Africa.
experience in health development. In 1957, three surgeons founded the Flying Doctors Service of East Africa, laying the foundation for what is now one of the continent's leading
health development organization. Today, Amref Health Africa has offices in 10 African countries – Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Training and consulting support are provided to an additional 25 African countries. Amref Health Africa has 11 fundraising offices in Europe and North America. With a focus on women and young people, Amref manages a full range of medical and public health programmes tackling the most critical health challenges facing the continent – including strengthening community health systems, managing public health emergencies and service delivery in conflict environments, addressing communicable, non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases, maternal and childcare, as well as water, sanitation, and health needs arising from climate change and rapid urbanization. Around the world, Amref is rooted in the contexts where we operate and proudly uphold our primary accountability to communities by transforming health systems to prioritize and strengthen primary healthcare (PHC) as the foundation for universal health coverage (UHC) in Africa.
Amref Health Africa Headquarters, Wilson Airport, Langata Road, Nairobi, Kenya.
P.O. Box 27691 - 00506 Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi County
Kenya
info@amref.org
https://amref.org/
Governance
Non-Governmental Organization and Company Limited by Guarantee
1957
Amref Health Africa International Board
Dr. Charles Okeahalam
Board Chair
Co-founder AGH Capital Group, Economist, Businessman
Mr. Paul Davey
Director
Partner at MMS Ltd, a branding agency working with a wide range of cleints on marketing strategy and campaigns; and a Trustee of a UK pension scheme.
Dr. Elizabeth Ekirapa
Director
Chairperson of the National Advisory Council, Amref Health Africa in Uganda
Mr. Frank Ireri
Director
Chairman of Habitat for Humanity Kenya; Non-Executive Director of Centum Real Estate Ltd, Flame Tree Group, AMREF Flying Doctors, Kentegra LLC and a Trustee of Runda Water Limited
Anthony Chamungwana
Director
Member of the Finance and Investment Committee as well as the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee of the Amref Health Africa International Board
Ms. Chiara Palmieri
Director
Founder and CEO of an Italian based Family Office, Tack SCF srl; Board member of Italmobiliare, Design Holding, Guala Closures, Snaitech and Distillerie Branca
Ms. Eunice Mathu
Director
Founder and editor of Parents Africa magazine and the chairperson of the Board of Amref Health Africa in Kenya
Mr. Liam Fisher Jones
Director
Partner, More Partnerships Limited
Dr Shakira Choonara
Director
Thematic Lead for the Generation Equality Action Coalition on Bodilly Autonomy & SRH at UN Women
The primary role of the International Board is provide policy guidance, financial oversight, strategic orientation and fundraising leadership of Amref Health Africa. It is expected to support the management in fulfilling its vision and implementing its strategic plan. This encompasses its mission, financial and human resource management, and takes into account the global framework in which the organization operates. The International Board is not an operating arm of Amref Health Africa. It is, however, responsible for appointment of the Global CEO, who is responsible for the day to day management and for managing the office and secretariat of Amref Health Africa, and who the Board entrusts to and confers such powers and authorities as it may deem fit.
Global Leadership Team
Dr Githinji Gitahi
Group Chief Executive Officer
Employee, Amref Health Africa
Mr. Jonathan Dutton
Group Financial Resources Director
Employee, Amref Health Africa
Ms. Lolem Ngong
Actg, Group Programmes Director
Employee, Amref Health Africa
Ms. Lolem Ngong
Chief of Staff
Employee, Amref Health Africa
Ms. Angela Muchiru
Group Human Capital Director
Employee, Amref Healt Africah
Mr Samuel Weru
Director of Information Technology
Employee, Amref Health Africa
Ms Desta Lakew
Global Director of Partnership and External Affairs
Employee, Amref Health Africa
The Group Leadership Team provides strategic leadership, technical backstopping and day to day management of the organization drawing from the individual expertise. This cuts across strategy, programme implementation, finance and administration, human resources, information technology, programme development and implementation; and external relations..
Financial information
January
2023
December
2023
254,716,000
December
2023
186,695,000
Private sector entities (including business associations)
Philanthropic foundations
NGOs, academic institutions
Government entities, intergovernmental organizations, including
UN
General public, individuals
Total
2,943,000
2,943,000
6,340,000
52,044,000
7,215,000
155,172,000
1,026,000
221,797,000
25,434,000
25,434,000
4,542,000
4,542,000
39,259,000
52,044,000
7,215,000
155,172,000
1,026,000
254,716,000
N/A
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NGOs
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Amref Health Africa is an international health development organization based in Africa and dedicated to finding African solutions for lasting health change in Africa. We believe that the the power for lasting health transformation lies with communities. Amref Health Africa works side by side with individuals in communities to empower them to build the knowledge, skills and means to transform their own health. It aims to achieve lasting health change in African communities with the knowledge, skills and means to maintain their good health and break the cycle of poor health and poverty.
Strategic objective 1: Respond to climate change, an escalating health threat in the 21st century
Strategic objective 2: Address health determinants and the root causes of ill health in key policies across sectors
Strategic objective 3: Advance the primary health care approach and essential health system capacities for universal health coverage
Strategic objective 4: Improve health service coverage and financial protection to address inequity and gender inequalities
Strategic objective 5: Prevent, mitigate and prepare for risks to health from all hazards
Strategic objective 6: Rapidly detect and sustain an effective response to all health emergencies
TRANSFORM is the title of Amref’s new Corporate Strategy 2023-2030. Amref’s promise is to transform the health of communities in Africa through investing in the health and lives of women and young people who are agents of change in African communities. Our ambition is to leap from being one of the leading health organizations in Africa to the non-state leader in and on the health development agenda in Africa. At the core of Amref’s ambition is a vision for lasting health change in Africa and a mission to catalyze and drive community-led and people-centred primary health care systems while addressing social determinants of health. This mission will be achieved via two interconnected strategic platforms: (i) Invest in people-centered health systems for sustainable primary health care; (ii) Target social determinants of health and intersectionality to increase equitable access to health services.
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African Region
Region of the Americas
Eastern Mediterranean Region
European Region
South-East Asia Region
Western Pacific Region
Global
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