Can we have health without health workers?
By Dr George Kimathi, Director, Institute of Capacity Development (ICD), Amref Health Africa Hellen Hadia with new mother Mariline Gisma and her baby daughter named Hadia, after Hellen (c) Amref Health Africa/Steve Kagia If you have been following Amref Health Africa for a while, you might have come across Hellen Hadia, a registered midwife who graduated in 2023 from the Amref-supported Maridi Health Sciences Institute in South Sudan. […]
UK aid allocations – Amref reaction
Today, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP announced the allocations for the UK’s Official Development Assistance budget over the next three years (to 2028/2029). Budget allocations analysis by international development umbrella group Bond reveal that regional bilateral UK aid to Africa will decline by 56% from 2024/5 to 2028/9. The analysis also indicates likely cuts to […]
Women and water
A stronger Africa starts with clean water For nearly 70 years, Amref Health Africa has worked with communities across Africa – but more specifically, with women across Africa – to help bring a sustainable source of clean water close to their homes. Women and girls bear most of the burden of sourcing and fetching water […]
Christine Achiro: the guardian of clean water
48-year-old farmer Christine Achiro lives in one of the hottest regions of Northern Uganda, just across the border from South Sudan. Her husband passed away in 2008, when she was pregnant with their now teenage daughter. As a working single mum of eight – and grandmother to three girls – Christine is used to shouldering […]
Amid uncertainty, there is hope
One year on from the shocking speed of cuts to foreign aid, also known as Official Development Assistance (ODA), the global health landscape feels more uncertain than it has for some time. Since early 2025, we have seen major shifts in the way development assistance is funded and delivered. Governments, donors, and philanthropists are reassessing priorities and, […]
Aid cuts: One year on
At the end of January 2025, vital US Government funding for global health programmes was suddenly frozen. In the weeks and months that followed, other nations announced cuts to their own foreign aid budgets, which are known as Official Development Assistance (ODA). The UK announced a cut to its ODA, the latest in a succession […]
A job only an FGM survivor can do
As a survivor of FGM/C, I know what the cut really means for a girl or young woman whose life is still ahead of her. It represents the end of her innocence; the end of her childhood. It cuts not only her body, but also her future, making it more likely that she will drop […]