Aga Khan Health Services
Aga Khan Health Services Boost Fight Against COVID-19 in Western Kenya
The fight against Covid-19 received a boost after the Aga Khan Development Network donated Personal Protection Equipment and e-health learning equipment worth to five counties in the western region of Kenya. Speaking at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital during the handing over ceremony, Aga Khan Chief Executive Officer Jane Wanyama said that the programme’s focus is on strengthening responses to the health, social and economic challenges Covid-19 continues to raise in Western and coastal counties of Kenya. “With the spread of the pandemic accelerating in recent months across the world and the emergency of the new Omicron variant many countries’ health systems will continue to struggle to keep up, particularly as the virus travels into more rural areas where access to health and up to date information on prevention is more challenging,” said Ms Wanyama.
Aga Khan health facilities expand in Gilgit-Baltistan
Two state-of-the-art health facilities – an expansion of the Aga Khan Medical Centre in Gilgit and construction of a new Aga Khan Health Centre in Hunza – are underway to ensure continuity of quality healthcare services to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Ground-breaking ceremonies held for two new Aga Khan Health Service facilities in Gilgit-Baltistan
The Aga Khan Health Service, Pakistan held the ground-breaking ceremonies for the expansion of the Aga Khan Medical Centre in Gilgit and the construction of a new Aga Khan Health Centre in Hunza. The state-of-the-art healthcare facilities promise continuity of quality health care services to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan and complement the Government’s efforts to attain the Sustainable Development Goals in health. Syed Amjad Ali Zaidi, Speaker of the Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly, who was the Chief Guest at the groundbreaking of the Aga Khan Health Centre, Aliabad, acknowledged the government of Gilgit-Balitstan’s partnership with the Aga Khan Development Network for bringing medical excellence in the region. He said, “Not only will people of Hunza and its surrounding benefit from this health Centre, but it will be beneficial to the entire region of Gilgit-Baltistan.”
BMJ article features Aga Khan Development Network’s health work on potential pathways to net zero emissions
The effort to achieve universal health coverage in low-to-middle-income countries stands to significantly increase the global carbon footprint, but a new article published in the British Medical Journal – drawing on data provided by the Aga Khan Development Network – outlines how integrating carbon reduction into the delivery of universal health coverage can in fact leverage greater health gains in these countries.
Aiming for net-zero health operations: Approaches and interim results of the Aga Khan Health Services
Evidence of the health sector’s significant contribution to carbon emissions is relatively new. Thus far, most of the data has been generated from wealthier countries and dependent upon the engagement of specialist sustainability consultants. At a webinar, Fawzia Rasheed, Senior Advisor to the Director of the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS), describes initiatives within AKHS where regular staff members are being trained to examine and respond to their carbon footprint. Interim results and emerging opportunities towards their net-zero ambitions are covered. The benefits of hands-on engagement by health professionals and their potential leadership on this agenda will be reflected upon, too. Fawzia Rasheed's video can be watched here.
Virtual Voyage: Beyond the clinic
Families living in rural Kenya have a hard time getting medical care. Join the Virtual Voyage as we follow staff at the Kenyenya hospital who, with the support of the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu, bridge the gap in health care by setting up medical outreach clinics: “Taking hospital to people, rather than having people coming to hospital.” With the support of the Aga Khan Foundation, Kenya’s public healthcare system has provided outreach services to thousands of people. (This video was filmed prior to COVID-19).
AKDN interview with Gijs Walraven, AKDN Director for Health
Gijs Walraven, Director for Health of the Aga Khan Development Network, speaks about the pandemic – how the Network has been responding since the outbreak, the impact it has had on people with non-communicable diseases, what efforts are in place to prioritise COVID-19 vaccination for vulnerable populations – and beyond the pandemic, what the Network is doing to create well-functioning health systems that place primary health care at the centre of efforts to attain “health for all”.
Rising woman: The power of passion and purpose
In an interview with Rising Woman, Mili Rughani talks about her career journey and her extensive leadership experience in driving strategy, solutions and impact in the information technology industry within developing economies. Mili Rughani is the Head of Business Development East Africa at Aga Khan Hospital Services. For more than 15 years, she has been largely associated with Multinational Companies.
AKHS, P health services enumerated
The Aga Khan Health Services, Pakistan (AKHS, P) is making strenuous efforts to provide health facilities to the people in the far-off and backward areas of Chitral district. AKHS, P CEO, Nadeem Hussain Abbas, said that AKHS, P was making basic health facilities available to the poor in the remote areas despite financial constraints. He added that steps would be taken to establish a modern laboratory and provision of the ultrasound machine and other equipment to the Madaklasht Health Centre.