Amref Health Africa

Founded in 1957, Amref Health Africa is a non-governmental organisation based in Stockholm, Sweden working on health, water & sanitation, gender equality +1 more.

Amref Health Africa is a non-profit health organisation working across Africa, described as the continent's largest health organisation. Its Nordic office in Stockholm, Sweden, supports fundraising and communications for the wider organisation, whose headquarters is in Nairobi, Kenya. The organisation trains health workers, including midwives, strengthens health systems and runs mobile clinics that reach areas without healthcare. It also vaccinates children, promotes safer childbirth for mothers and babies, works to end female genital mutilation, supports adolescent sexual and reproductive health, reduces HIV and provides access to clean water and sanitation. Its work is carried out with local communities, grassroots activists, local leaders, authorities and governments. The organisation states that about 97% of its staff come from the countries where it works. Founded in Kenya in 1957 as Amref Flying Doctors, it now operates in 37 African countries, although some materials cite 43. Donations to its 90-account are reviewed by Svensk Insamlingskontroll, and donors can claim a tax deduction for gifts of at least SEK 200.