31st graduation is the last for Amref International Training Centre as it marks its transition to Amref International University. Kenya’s and Africa’s healthcare sector is today set to benefit from the fresh entry of 560 healthcare professionals with diplomas and certificates in community health, nursing, midwifery and other fields. The professionals graduated from Amref International Training […]
Nairobi August 4, 2017 Kenya’s Commission for University Education has given Amref Health Africa the green light to start and operate the Amref International University (AMIU). The Commission has granted AMIU a Letter of Interim Authority (LIA) with effect from August 1, 2017. The University will focus on health-related courses with a focus on public […]
Amref Health Africa through its Virtual Training School is currently offering various courses for health workers and invites applicants to apply for the March and May 2017 intakes. The courses are offered via distance-eLearning mode and employ a flexible approach that allows you to study at your own time and pace as you work and […]
Community Health Workers, commonly referred to as CHWs, are the bridge between communities and the health and social service systems. As a continent affected by an inadequate supply of doctors and nurses, Community Health Workers are necessary to act as the link for the affected communities. Sadly, in most communities in Africa, CHWs drop out […]
Kenya’s Cabinet Mr James Macharia yesterday opened a newly constructed Annex at the Amref Health Africa Training Centre and Headquarters in Nairobi that will expand the organisation’s capacity to train health workers from across the continent. The new building, funded by USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad programme at US$400,000, has a capacity of 215 […]