Strengthening Primary Health Care to Accelerate Malaria Elimination
Strengthening Primary Health Care to Accelerate Malaria Elimination By Dennis Kinyua (Amref Kenya), Luundu Machona-Hamukale and Levy Mkandawire (Amref Zambia) – programme managers, Primary Healthcare for Malaria Elimination Malaria remains a major public health challenge in both Kenya and Zambia, despite significant progress over the past decade. In Kenya, malaria transmission is geographically concentrated around […]
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 […]
Siaya’s Bold Fight Against Malaria
Despite decades of progress, malaria cases continue to rise globally. A child dies from malaria nearly every minute. According to the World Malaria Report 2023, there were 263 million cases of malaria in 2023, up from 252 million the previous year. Africa remains the most affected continent, accounting for 94% of all malaria cases and 95% […]
Meet the immunisation champions
Vaccines are one of humanity’s greatest achievements—in the last 50 years, vaccines have saved 154 million lives. That’s six people’s lives saved every minute, for the past 50 years. Yet, millions of children are still missing out on the routine vaccinations that can keep them safe through infancy and childhood. And millions more people die […]