AMREF Events
Thursday June 9, 2011
8:30-9:45am
Panel discussion
"The critical link between human resources for health
and meeting MDG6"
At the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS
Co-organized by the Global Health Workforce Alliance,
Commonwealth Secretariat, AMREF & UNAIDS
RSVP to hegartyl@who.int
More info
Tuesday June 14, 2011
5:30-7:30pm
Reception
hosted by H. E. Ambassador Elkanah Odembo
in honor of
Dr. Peter Ngatia, Director, Capacity Building AMREF
Wednesday June 15, 2011
5:15-6:15pm
Panel discussion
"An Interdisciplinary Approach to Developing Strategic Leadership in the Healthcare Workforce of the Future"
At the 38th Annual International Conference on Global Health
Executive Room
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Washington, DC
More info
AMREF's critical role in South Sudan
After 21 years of civil war health care in Southern Sudan was decimated, with very few trained health proessionals.
AMREF has worked in Southern Sudan since 1971, and is currently training health workers in Juba, Maridi, and Lui.
To date, AMREF has trained 80% of South Sudan's qualified health workers!
Click here to learn more about AMREF's vital training programs.
Training nurses
Like many sub-Saharan countries, Kenya is struggling with a critical shortage of qualified nurses.
AMREF helped the Nursing Council of Kenya to create a distance-learning curriculum to upgrade 20,000 nurses from certificate to registered level.
After completing the program, nurses are qualified to treat major diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria - and thus saving lives.
