AMREF [to 8 March 2014]

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AMREF  [to 8 March 2014]

British High Commissioner hosts AMREF international Board in Nairobi
Members of AMREF’s International Board, meeting in Nairobi this week, were hosted to a reception by the British High Commissioner in Kenya, Dr Christian Turner, at his residence in the Kenyan capital. The event was also attended by several high commissioners and members of the diplomatic corps, heads and representatives of corporates, non-governmental organisations and government institutions, and members of the media.

In his remarks, Dr Turner addressed maternal health in Kenya, which is an area of focus for AMREF. He noted that the Kenyan Government had made maternal health a priority by providing free maternal care in all public health facilities, adding that the UK had been supporting efforts to tackle maternal and newborn deaths for several years in Kenya.
He called for support for AMREF’s Stand Up for African Mothers campaign, which seeks to train 15,000 midwives and to raise awareness of the importance of midwives in reducing maternal death.
“The Stand Up for African Mothers campaign touches on an issue that holds great importance to the UK Government – preventing the unnecessary deaths of women in Africa during pregnancy and childbirth,” said Dr Turner. “I urge you all to help AMREF reach their target of getting one million signatures to support the nomination of a midwife for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.”…

East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) Ministers Statement
The Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI) is an international civil society network addressing the global health workforce crisis, a fundamental and critical barrier to achieving universal coverage (UHC). The HWAI Network supports its members’ efforts to achieve the shared vision of a health worker for everyone, everywhere by providing an on-going platform and space for knowledge and information generation and sharing, for debate and strategizing, for achieving synergies and for the development of joint positions and activities on a global level.
Given its broad-based civil society membership, HWAI is well-placed to advocate for the essential role of the health workforce in meeting global health goals through 2015 and in the post-2015 policy environment and for keeping HRH high on the global and country-level health and development agenda. AMREF and IntraHealth International, Inc. assumed the role of the secretariat role for HWAI in December 2012 with seed funding from the Global Health Workforce Alliance and Louise Holly of Save the Children holds the Chair position for the steering committee (SC).
HWAI Statement to 58th ECSA Health Ministers’ Conference: Arusha, Tanzania,  27th– 28th February 2014. ECSA-HC http://www.ecsahc.org/events.php?id=32
Excerpt
The Health Workforce Advocacy Initiative (HWAI) asks to the minsters:
1) To commit to the implementation of the Human Resources of Health (HRH) commitments made at the 3rd Global Forum on HRH to accelerate progress towards achieving universal health coverage in Africa
2) To develop, for those ECSA member countries that did not make an HRH commitment, a Human Resources of Health (HRH) commitment in the first half of 2014
3) To develop action plans and allocate sufficient resources towards delivery on the for Roadmap for scaling up the human resources for health: for improved health services delivery in the African Region 2012-2015
4) To provide leadership and develop robust health policies and strategies for HRH development for universal health care to avert unfortunate preventable deaths and address the new and emerging diseases such as non-communicable diseases…

AMREF ‏@AMREF_Worldwide Mar 7
We have expanded and are now in Malawi, Mozambique, Middle East and Nordic countries.

AMREF ‏@AMREF_Worldwide Mar 6
We have trained over 3000 community health workers in South Sudan, Tanzania, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Angola. #HRH @Shakwei

AMREF @AMREF_Worldwide Mar 6
Stand Up for African Mothers campaign has achieved a third of the 15000 midwife training target. Dr. John Nduba.

AMREF ‏@AMREF_Worldwide Mar 4
The UK government has been a great supporter of AMREF. We are proud to have friends like you. You make us what we are today.  @HCCTurner

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
For #IWD2014, we want to honor some of the amazing women we work with. Stay tuned! #AMREFWomen

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
To start: Inosi Nyatta, Partner at @sullcrom, & a member of our Board http://bit.ly/1lbPfnE  #IWD2014 #AMREFWomen

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
Liz Rees @nycmarketgirl Market Director at Urban Space NY for 10 yrs, daughter of our fndr, dog lover, member of our board! #AMREFWomen #IWD

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
@hensleyevans Principal at ZS Assoc, formerly of http://bit.ly/1dA7FN8 , health care & preventive wellness, board member! #AMREFWomen #IWD

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
C. Grogan @GroMarketShare sales, med &consumer market for pharma,our board member, philanthropist http://bit.ly/1gfoeex  #AMREFWomen #IWD

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
Christina Casey-HR extraordinaire, Fnder of Essl Foundation, dog lover & ace AMREF USA board member! http://bit.ly/1hUgGSX  #AMREFWomen #IWD

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
@LucyFato Deputy General Counsel & Corp Secretary at @Marsh_Inc, and the newest member of our Board! http://bit.ly/1kCKJ4q  #AMREFWomen #IWD

AMREF USA ‏@AMREFUSA Mar 7
@CarolJenkins author, producer, Emmy-winning anchor,Pres of @womensmediacntr,our former Board Chair http://huff.to/1fLHMMR  #IWD #AMREFWomen