Academic and research institutions
AMREF conducts research alongside African communities to determine the most successful solutions to common African health problems: to research what actually works. It is through disseminating this evidence-based knowledge that AMREF seeks to improve the health and well-being of as many African people as possible.
To ensure the highest quality of research and academic excellence, AMREF partners with world-renowned academic institutions, including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the John Hopkins University in the USA. In Africa, AMREF works with Moi and Nairobi Universities in Kenya, Muhimbili University in Tanzania and Makerere University in Uganda.
AMREF also collaborates with medical research institutes, including the Centres for Disease Control in the USA, the Kenyan Medical Research Institute, and Tanzania’s National Institute of Medical Research.
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
AMREF has worked in partnership with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) to identify how school-based sexual and reproductive health (SRH) interventions can better reach and educate Tanzanian adolescents. The research has identified some important lessons, including the need to improve teacher training and supervision on a national scale in Tanzania, and the importance of introducing novel ways of teaching SRH in schools.
AMREF is also one of the African partners within the DFID Well consortium – managed by the London and Liverpool Schools of Tropical Medicine. The consortium aims to improve access to information and support in the water, sanitation and environmental health sector.
AMREF is also an influential partner in the Microbicides Development Programme, alongside LSHTM and other renowned institutions such as Oxford University and Imperial College, London. The purpose of the programme is to conduct research around microbicides – a product used vaginally to prevent infection by HIV or other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).