Tag USAID

21 Aug

Kefeta Remodeled Youth Centers Handed Over to Addis Ababa City Administration

The Youth Centers will serve more than 500,000 young people annually The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Integrated Youth Activity, Kefeta has handed over four remodeled youth centers […]

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29 Apr

Youth Festival Brings Together 20,000 to Create New Opportunities and Promote Positive Intercultural Understanding for Youth in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, April 29, 2023 – Today the United States Chargé d’Affaires in Ethiopia, Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, officially opened The Youth Festival at Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa. The Youth […]

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11 Oct

Our time is now—our rights, our future

A critical requirement for achieving transformational change for gender equality is the empowerment of girls. As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl, 27 years […]

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9 Aug

Community Health Workers take TB fight head on

“WHEN someone talks about staring death in the face, I know exactly what it means, literally, because I practically stared death in the face,” These words of courage, to some […]

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1 Oct

Samburu County on a Journey to Invest Millions in Community Health Services

The right to health is also a fundamental human right enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya. Article 43 (1) (a) of the Constitution provides that every person has the right […]

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11 Jun

Turkana County Launches the Health Sector Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022

Since the establishment of devolved governments in Kenya in 2013, Turkana County department of health has been coordinating the county’s health sector to deliver the constitutional mandate guided by the […]

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9 Oct

Kenya’s blood bank unprepared for PEPFAR cuts, health insiders say

NAIROBI — This week, the U.S. government severed funds for the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service. While Kenya’s Ministry of Health reassured the public that services will continue uninterrupted, health actors told Devex that the government is not adequately prepared to fill the gaps. The Kenyan government reportedly asked for a six-month extension of funds from the U.S. [...]

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24 Jul

90% of Households in Samburu West at Risk of Health Related Financial Catastrophe

More and more people are becoming victims of heavy emergency hospital bills as a result of low coverage (below 5%) of health insurance coverage in Samburu County.

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28 Jun

Amref and Turkana County Sign Agreement to Strengthen Health Workforce

Amref Health Africa in Kenya through the USAID-funded Afya Timiza activity has signed a two-year collaboration agreement with the County Government of Turkana geared towards addressing the county’s Human Resources for Health gaps through a Donor Supported Contract Health Workers Program. The signing ceremony was presided over by Deputy County Secretary Robert Loyelei and witnessed by the [...]

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12 Apr

USAID Transform: Health in Developing Regions Program Launches GBV One-Stop Centre in Afar Region

USAID Transform: Health in Developing Region program launched a one-stop centre at Dubti hospital in Afar region to provide medical treatment, psychosocial and legal services to those who undergo Gender-Based […]

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