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Welcome to AMIU Heritage
Honoring Our History, Envisioning Our Tomorrow
As stewards of our organization's past, present, and future, we uphold our commitment to preserving and leveraging this wealth of knowledge for the betterment of healthcare across Africa and beyond.
Journey Through Time: AMIU's Heritage
Our Heritage Story
At Amref Health Africa, our journey spans 67 impactful years since our inception in 1957. Throughout this time, we’ve meticulously accumulated a treasure trove of invaluable data. This wealth of information is diversified, comprising publications, manuals, journals, project reports, abstracts, consultancies, and more. Annual reports dating back to 1962, promotional materials, correspondence files, minutes of meetings, press cuttings, and a plethora of audiovisual assets including films, cassettes, slide photographs, and photos enrich our archival holdings.
Since 2001, our dedicated Heritage team has been steadfast in safeguarding this historical repository. Collaborating with our country offices in Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya, we ensure the preservation of Amref’s legacy. Each office contributes a significant volume of data, supplementing the wealth generated by our dedicated staff (ENAs).
From Tradition to Transformation
Since 2001, our dedicated Heritage team has been steadfast in safeguarding this historical repository.
- Showing the Organisation’s relevant past experience, the partners, the donors, the lessons learnt and best practices. Heritage material is available to all those involved in the preparation of grants and proposals.
- Amref’s Heritage provides a ready network for recruitment of senior staff, particularly through the Amref Global Alumni and its collaborative links with academic and other partner institutions.
- AMIU Faculty has access to appropriate material for all aspects of course curricula development, mentorship expertise, public lecture opportunities, student orientation, and material for exhibitions on special events.
- AMIU students will have a health portal that will give them fundamental source of data on Health Care delivery in Africa, especially primary healthcare coupled with the academically reviewed journals.
- Research – Amref’s history is unique for health researchers and individuals interested in the Organisation’s extensive work over the years especially in Primary Health Care Delivery in Sub Saharan Africa.
The Heritage office is tasked with the development and management of the following;
- The Amref Book
- Setting up Amref Global Alumni Network
- Centre of Excellence for Primary Health Care in Africa
- Primary Health Care video
- Identifying best practice to secure Amref Health Africa’s data and make it universally accessible.
Discovering Our Roots, Building Our Legacy
Organization's Archives.
There are so many remarkable milestones and stories of shared knowledge and togetherness. Like a family, our journey has been that of constant growth, weaving a legacy that propels us to greater heights with every move we share. Amref’s Heritage, is a treasure trove of data and a testament to all the experience and achievements gained in Africa’s healthcare journey especially East Africa where it all began almost 70 years ago. Having access to Amref Heritage data is critical to the credibility and validity of the Amref Book. Within its historical chapters lies the wisdom shaping our present and laying the groundwork for a healthier tomorrow. The wealth of knowledge amassed over the years is not merely significant, it pulsates as the heartbeat of our unwavering commitment to advancing healthcare for all.