Field diaries

Reports from the field

At AMREF we want you to know how generous Americans – like you - are saving lives by empowering people towards better health care in Africa.

Through these field diaries from AMREF’s good will ambassadors, staff, and volunteers, you get a glimpse into the communities and meet the people AMREF works with on the ground in Africa.

Take pride in the accomplishments you have helped AMREF achieve and share these stories with your friends and family.

Ethiopia

Losing my marbles on the road to Malle
By: Betty Muriuki 

From Addis to Afar - epidemic unveils health challenges
By: Amanda Moore 

Bringing health care closer to home
Felicia Chang

When the well is dry, we learn the worth of water
Felicia Chang

Tanzania 

Testing Publicly to Reduce HIV Stigma
Lindsay Miles-Pickup

South Africa

Dining with traditional healers
Jennifer Page

Uganda

Rebuilding lives and health care after 21 years of civil war
Measha Brueggergosman, Opera singer and AMREF Canada's Goodwill Ambassador

Visiting the most “real” place on earth
Beth Colle

Bridges on the road to life – AMREF’s groundbreaking work with commercial sex workers
Salima Pirani

Returning to Uganda with a video camera in tow
Namugenyi Kiwanuka

AMREF provides care for people of Kampala after Bombings
Melanie Sharpe

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The 'doctors' of Southern Sudan

Innovative training practices help to minimize the unfortunate effects of doctor shortages in sub-Saharan Africa.

Southern Sudan has successfully implemented a novel task-shifting solution, whereby duties normally performed by doctors are assigned to clinical officers. In a paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Dr. Peter Ngatia and Victoria Kimotho present a study that traces the progress of clinical officers who have graduated from the National Health Training Institute in Maridi.

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A recognized leader in African health

AMREF is the only Africa-based NGO to receive both the Bill and Melinda Gates Award for Global Health and the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

 

 

 

 

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