Decarbonising health care
Our health agencies are making it a priority to reduce the ecological footprint of their hospitals and medical centres while continuing to provide patients with quality services and care.
Aga Khan Health Services
Canada’s Minister of International Development visits flood-affected areas in Chitral
During his visit to the north of Pakistan, the Honourable Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s Minister of International Development, met with flood-affected communities and observed relief and recovery efforts that AKDN is undertaking in severely hit areas.
Offering hope to women displaced by floods
Yasmin, a Lady Health Visitor at the Aga Khan Health Centre, Khyber, helped deliver the babies of two women displaced by the floods in Sindh, Pakistan.
Achieving net zero: How our health operations are slashing carbon emissions while saving thousands
With climate change at a tipping point, rising energy prices and a deadline of 2030 to become carbon neutral, AKHS has developed an innovative carbon emissions benchmarking tool that is now attracting organisations across the world.
Providing integrated health care in East Africa
What began nearly a century ago as a single dispensary in Dar es Salaam has expanded into an integrated health system that provides quality care to 1.8 million people in the region.
Taking services to the patient: Mobile health teams in Syria
A mobile medical team helped Nadia from Salamieh District safely give birth – she is one of 12,500 Syrian women who have received maternal and child health services in this way.
Foundation stone laid for cancer care centre at Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam
Once completed the state-of-the-art cancer care centre at Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam will enable a considerable portion of needy cancer patients to treat their disease with welfare support.
Speech by Princess Zahra Aga Khan
Speaker:
Speech Date:
Sunday, 10 April 2022 - 1:45pm
“Our institutions contribute to and positively help impact the health of over a million people in Tanzania every year...The new centre will work with government health facilities, to provide welfare support to needy patients.”
Address by the Honourable Minister of Health Ummy Ally Mwalimu
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Speech Date:
Sunday, 10 April 2022 - 12:45pm
“Statistics are alarmingly high and as a country we need to make immediate measures to control the situation. Strengthening health education, early screening and treatment is key for the control of cancer in Tanzania.”
Foundation stone laid for Tanzanian cancer care centre, 1.7m to benefit
The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art cancer care centre, which upon completion in March 2024 is expected to provide 1.7 million Tanzanians with better screening, early diagnosis and quality treatment.