Q&A with Amref Health Africa
With its global headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref Health Africa has a deep understanding of the challenges in sharing family planning knoweldge in Africa. A core partner on Knowledge SUCCESS, Amref provides health services and health worker training to over 30 African countries, and partners with communities to create long lasting change.
Find out what Amref sees as East Africa’s greatest strengths and weaknesses in knowledge sharing, and why we should all aspire to be lazy people in this interview with our colleagues Diana Mukami and Lilian Kathoki.
Can you briefly describe Amref’s role on Knowledge SUCCESS?
Diana: We are an African organization working in the health sector. We see first-hand the challenges that people within the health system come across in terms of knowledge needs, availability, access, usability, relevance, and so on. We consider Amref’s role as the facilitator for understanding on a deep level what the actual needs [of our East Africa audiences] are and how knowledge management practices can address those needs, ultimately making the work of health professionals easier.
Lilian: Our role is ensuring that unique innovations, best practices, and learnings around FP/RH are available and accessible to practitioners and stakeholders, with a focus for us on the East Africa region.