In Mozambique, to address the major challenge of malnutrition, the Aga Khan Foundation works with rural families so that mothers can prepare their young children an enriched porridge that provides good nutrition and helps prevent a multitude of health issues.
In Mozambique, to address the major challenge of malnutrition, the Aga Khan Foundation works with rural families so that mothers can prepare their young children an enriched porridge that provides good nutrition and helps prevent a multitude of health issues.
From 2017 to 2021 the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania, civil society partners and local communities and with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada, undertook a US$ 11.6 million project that reached about 1 million people and was dedicated to improving the health of women, adolescent girls and children, and reducing maternal and newborn mortality in eight underserved districts of Mwanza, Tanzania.
From 2017 to 2021 the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with the Government of Tanzania, civil society partners and local communities and with the financial support of Global Affairs Canada, undertook a US$ 11.6 million project that reached about 1 million people and was dedicated to improving the health of women, adolescent girls and children, and reducing maternal and newborn mortality in eight underserved districts of Mwanza, Tanzania.
The Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi has donated five ventilators to Kenyatta National Hospital and Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital to boost their Covid-19 response.
Each year on 10 October, the Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan (AKUH, P) participates in International Health Day to raise awareness across Pakistan. It reminds the public that mental health is as important as physical health and comprises emotional, psychological, and social well-being.
Accelerate Prosperity and the Aga Khan University have launched Pakistan’s first National Health Incubator to support entrepreneurs grow new technology, innovation and services, and catalyse commercialisation in the country’s health sector.
The Habib Bank Limited (HBL), in collaboration with the Government of Sindh, has inaugurated a Covid-19 Drive-through Vaccination Facility at the National Stadium Karachi. The vaccination is being undertaken by the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) team.
The mental health fallout from the pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns has been unprecedented. Fear of the virus, job losses, and feelings of anxiety, sadness and isolation due to a crippled social life has had a detrimental effect on physical and mental wellbeing.
As Covid-19 overran the world, the extensive surveillance and response capacities of the polio eradication programme pivoted towards this new threat.