Presentation (PDF)

CHIP Plan (PDF) amref-health-africa.pdf

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About

AMREF is an international African organisation headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. AMREF's vision is for lasting health change in Africa: communities with the knowledge, skills and means to maintain their good health and break the cycle of poor health and poverty. We believe in the inherent power within African communities – that the power for lasting transformation of Africa’s health lies within its communities. 

Mission

Current Mission

AMREF is committed to improving health and health care in Africa. We aim to ensure that every African can enjoy the right to good health by helping to create vibrant networks of informed communities that work with empowered health care providers in strong health systems.

Proposed New Mission

To provide knowledge and means to African communities to enable them maintain their good health in order to break the cycle of poor health and poverty through creation of vibrant networks.

The CHIP

Goals

To improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Nauwontos Community, Turkana County

Objectives

• To reduce maternal mortality rates from 600 per 100,000 live births to 300 per 100,000 live births, reduce neonatal mortality rate from 170 per 1000 live births to 60 per 1000 live births and under five ( 5) mortality rate from 220 to 1000 per live birth to 100 per 1000 live birth by December 2015
• To increase 4th visit ANC attendance from 32.8% of all pregnant women to 80% by Oct 2014,
• To increase skilled birth attendants rates from 6.9% to 50% by Dec 2014
• To Decrease the percentage of maternal deaths per month from 60% to 30% per month by Dec 2014
• To Decrease Neonatal deaths from 17% per month to 6% per month by Dec 2014