Amref Health Africa in Canada
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Mission Statement
Amref Health Africa works with some of the most marginalized and vulnerable communities in Africa to make sure they have access to good health care. Committed to improving the health of African people, Amref partners with, empowers and trains local African communities and strengthens health systems.
About This Cause
Amref Health Africa, the largest African led international organization on the continent, provides training and health services to over 35 countries in Africa. Founded in 1957 as the Flying Doctors of East Africa to bring critical health services to remote communities, Amref Health Africa now delivers preventative, community-based health care. With a focus on women and children, Amref Health Africa manages a full range of medical and public health programs tackling the most critical health challenges facing the continent: maternal and child care, HIV, TB, malaria, clean water and sanitation and surgical and clinical outreach. Much of our credibility with local communities and African governments stems from the relationship and trust that we have built over the past 60 years. (www.amrefcanada.org) The Canadian projects Amref Health Africa supports, focuses primarily on sustainable health programs for most vulnerable; quite often women and girls, in rural and remote communities. Projects that: • Empower women and girls by expanding access to sexual and reproductive health education and services • Make pregnancy and child birth safer for moms and their babies • Train midwives and healthcare workers where access to healthcare is limited • Provide lifesaving supplies, disease prevention and water and sanitation education Our work has been recognized worldwide and has won high profile international awards such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Award for Global Health and the Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Award.