Creating lasting health change in Africa
AMREF fights disease
AMREF tackles diseases such as malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS, working together with local communities to make sure our programmes are relevant and sustainable.
AMREF gives mothers and young children a healthy start
AMREF ensures pregnant women, new mothers, and young children have the health care and education they need to survive and thrive. We make sure families have access to clean water and know how to protect themselves from preventable diseases like diarrhoea and malaria.
AMREF trains health workers
There is a critical shortage of health workers in Africa. in Southern Sudan for example, there are only 50 doctors and 20 midwives for a population of 10 million.
AMREF trains thousands of health workers from across Africa every year. Whether a doctor performing surgery in an urban hospital or a village health team educating neighbours about malaria in a remote village, we make sure they have the skills and tools they need to make a difference.
AMREF builds healthy communities
AMREF works to bring vulnerable communities and the formal health care system closer together. On the one hand, we give communities the tools they need to manage their own health. On the other, we work with governments to make sure they deliver health care more effectively.
AMREF changes health policy
AMREF sets out to influence those in power so that health policies, practices and financing better serve the needs of the poor.
AMREF provides emergency care
AMREF’s Flying Doctor Emergency Service provides medical outreach and air rescue services to Africa’s remotest communities. Our pilots and doctors deliver emergency care, specialist surgical services.