Governance

Governance & accountability

AMREF believes that as a non-governmental organization, we are accountable to the communities in which we work, to our partner organizations, and to those from whom we receive support.

To that end, we publish our governance policies, our compliance with required standards, voluntary codes of conduct, and the results of our work through evaluations. Additionally, we make our Strategy 2007-2017 “Enhancing Capacity and Participation to Close the Gap in Health Systems” publicly available.

Please see our governance documents downloadable from this page.

Documents

AMREF strategy 2007-2017   Conflict of interest statement
 AMREF annual report 2010 Privacy policy
 
Anti-harassment and equal
employment opportunity policy		  Whistleblower policy
 Code of conduct 

Our mission

AMREF's mission is to empower the people of Africa, through better health, to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives.

Millennium development goals

The United Nations Millennium development goals are targets that the international community has pledged to reach by 2015.  AMREF is focused on achieving the goals in bold.  

  1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
  2. Achieve universal primary education
  3. Promote gender equality and empower women
  4. Reduce child mortality
  5. Improve maternal health
  6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
  7. Ensure environmental sustainability
  8. Develop a global partnership for development1

1. World Health Organization, 2010