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Published: 01 February 2016
Huge boost for innovative health care in Kenya
By Carolyne Khamala
Amref Health Africa and PharmAccess will receive €9,950,000 from the Dream Fund of the Dutch Postcode Lottery. The Dream Fund grants funds trailblazing ‘dream’ programmes that catalyse structural change; in this case that programme is Amref Health Africa’s and PharmAccess’s M-Hakika, which makes money and quality healthcare accessible to women in Kenya directly via their mobile phone. M-Hakika cleverly combines healthcare knowledge, quality and financing, all through the mobile telephone.
The Postcode Lottery is the third largest private philanthropist in the world and it will be donating a record-breaking €328 million to charity in 2016. Amref Health Africa and PharmAccess are grateful to the Dutch Postcode Lottery and its 2.7 million loyal participants for the crucial support for this innovative programme…