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Amref Health Africa
Amref Health Africa is one of the biggest international African based health development organization established in 1957 in Nairobi, Kenya.  Amref Health Africa lives with a Vision of “Lasting Health Change in Africa” with a Mission Statement i.e.  Amref Health Africa is committed to improving the health of people by partnering with and empowering communities and strengthening health systems in Africa. It is for Africa and committed to improving health and health care in Africa. Amref Health Africa became formally registered in Ethiopia in 1998 and started its fully-fledged country program in 2002 with one project in Addis Ababa. Since then, the country program has grown both geographically and programmatically. At present, Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia has over 25 projects which operate in eight Ethiopian regions (Addis Ababa, Afar, Oromiya, Amhara,Gambella,Somali, Benishangul Gumuz and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region). Amref Health Africa in Ethiopia started its health programme in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People’s Region of Ethiopia in 2007 where it implemented two projects targeting four districts in the South Omo. The organization currently has been implementing projects in South Omo, Segen, Wolaita and Gamo Gofa Zones of SNNPR. Amref Health Africa strongly believes that there is an acute gap between vulnerable communities and the Ethiopian health system. To contribute towards closing the gap, Amref Health Africa has chosen to act in a holistic and integrated way and hence focused on five interrelated thematic areas: (1) community health system strengthening (2) capacity building (3) advocacy for health (4) income generation and resource mobilization and (5) institutional strengthening.