Spartoo has been supporting Amref Health Africa since 2014!
Amref Health Africa, Africa's leading health development NGO, fights for equitable access to quality care and sustainable change in health in Africa.
In Africa, only 65% of births are attended by qualified health personnel. This is the lowest rate in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, one child in 13 does not survive to their fifth birthday. More than 80% of maternal deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa (source UN, 2017).
Many deaths could be avoided by training healthcare staff, particularly midwives.
Amref Health Africa places the strengthening of community workers and healthcare staff at the heart of its action, while mobilising digital health innovations. This involves continuous on-site training using digital tools (e-learning and mobile learning). It also means adopting telemedicine technologies (remote specialist diagnosis) and computerised patient records and monitoring.
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Since 2014, tens of thousands of midwives have been trained. By 2022, more than 9,300 health professionals and over 48,000 community health workers have been trained by Amref Health Africa.
Between 2019 and 2022, the organisation enabled more than 990,000 women to give birth with qualified health personnel. More than a million children have been vaccinated and more than 65,000 children have benefited from growth and nutritional checkups.
In France, Amref Health Africa is an association under the French law of 1901, which forges strategic partnerships and mobilises resources to guarantee autonomy in implementing health programmes on the ground for the benefit of African communities.
This year, we've created a Newborn onesie with a sweet illustration of a mama bunny and her baby.
Young people are the future of Africa
1 in 6 people in Africa are aged between 15 and 24. It is the youngest continent in the world.
Acting for sustainable change in health in Africa means investing in the health and well-being of young people. And to support these 1.2 billion young people in fulfilling their aspirations.
Amref is committed to addressing the current health challenges facing young people and creating opportunities for everyone in their own countries. Together, we are laying the foundations for a prosperous, sustainable and resilient future with and for African communities and societies.
Amref Health Africa (France) is working to improve the health of young people in Africa, particularly women and adolescent girls.
150 champions trained in the prevention of female genital mutilation in Senegal. 36,263 students in South Africa benefited from a medical visit. 11,328 children in Senegal and Guinea treated in medical camps specialising in consultations and surgery.
Today, more than ever, young people are actively breaking down barriers to development and social justice through innovation and responsibility. Promoting access to health for young people and children has been part of AMREF's DNA since its creation in 1957.
With maternal, neonatal and child health and sexual and reproductive health as priorities for action, AMREF is committed to a global approach for adolescents and children, always with a local and adapted footprint. Through three main projects, the NGO works daily to ensure that African youth develop in a healthy way.
- 1. Educating youth on health issues with the school programme at LIMPOPO (South Africa)
Launched in 2018 in Limpopo province, School Health bridges the gap between health services, children and their families by informing them about health, hygiene and nutrition practices
2. Fighting FGC with the Devenir programme in Sédhiou (Senegal)> The Devenir project, signed in September 2020 with the French Development Agency, is being deployed in the Sédhiou region of Senegal to help reduce female genital mutilation.
3. Uniting for Children with the Capital Santé programme (Senegal and Guinea) The Health Capital project aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in children by providing them with optimal health capital through the engagement and interrelation of 3 environments: school, family and health services.
FLORENCE-MARIE NDIAYE SARR / SANDRINE BRAME
Our donations have contributed to the training of thousands of healthcare professionals and workers every year. These actions save lives and improve the quality of care in Africa, including for communities furthest from health services. In 2022, Amref Health Africa trained 48,032 community health workers and 9,363 health facility staff.
Since 2014, SPARTOO has been providing its commitment and support to Amref: It seems unacceptable to us that even today women can die giving life and children die when we can prevent it.
OVER 12,000 MIDWIVES AND NURSES TRAINED SINCE 2014
1 TRAINED MIDWIFE HELPS 500 MOTHERS & BABIES HAVE SAFE AND HEALTHY CHILDBIRTHS
