African Mission Healthcare Foundation

TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN AFRICAN CHURCH MISSION HOSPITALS TO AID THOSE IN GREATEST NEED.

AMH SUPPORTS MISSION HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CLINICS IN THE SUB-SAHARAN REGION OF AFRICA. IT PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND EXPERTISE THAT STRENGTHENS ITS MISSION HOSPITAL PARTNERS TO SERVE PEOPLE IN GREATEST NEED. AMH'S PROGRAMS FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING CLINICAL CARE, EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND HOSPITAL OPERATIONS. IN 2023, AMH MADE INVESTMENTS THAT WILL MAKE MORE THAN 2.2 MILLION LIFETIME PATIENT VISITS POSSIBLE AND APPROXIMATELY 273,827 DIRECT PATIENT VISITS OVER THE TWELVE MONTHS. AMH ALSO ENABLED A TOTAL OF 16,367 SURGICAL AND CORRECTIVE PROCEDURES. AMH'S SELECTED INVESTMENTS IN EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE DURING 2023 INCLUDED:CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 2 OF SOLAR POWER SYSTEM AT KIBUYE HOPE HOSPITAL (BURUNDI), MAKING THEM COMPLETELY OFF-GRID;COMPLETION OF THE OXYGEN PLANT AT KIJABE HOSPTIAL AND TRANSFERRING OPERATION TO THE HOSPITAL; COMPLETION OF WATER AND POWER PROJECTS AT MAUA METHODIST HOSPITAL (KENYA); CONTINUED PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING THE BIRTHING CENTER AT RWIBAALE (UGANDA), INCLUDING GENERATOR, GENERATOR HOUSE, ROADS, LABORATORY EXPANSION; LABORATORY EXPANSIONS AT NYAKIBALE, IBANDA AND RUSHOROZA HOSPITALS (UGANDA); HOUSING INVESTMENTS AT RWIBAALE AND IBANDA; AND OPERATING THEATER REMODELS AT IBANDA HOSPITAL. DURING 2023 OUR DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE TOTALED $3.36 MILLION, WITH 17 NEW PROJECTS STARTED AND 16 COMPLETED. AMH ALSO ENABLED TRAINING FOR 1047 HEALTHCARE WORKERS THROUGH SHORT COURSES, UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMS, AND ANESTHESIA AND CLINICAL TRAINING PROGRAMS. AMH'S ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM ENABLES TRAINING TAILORED FOR KENYAN CLINICAL OFFICERS ("COS"), MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS LIKE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2023, 6,504 NEW USERS WERE ENROLLED ON THE ONLINE PLATFORM, TOTALING 20,771 PROFESSIONALS. USERS FROM KENYA AND 17 OTHER COUNTRIES ARE REGISTERED. NINETY-NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO FEEDBACK INSTANCES WERE COLLECTED IN 2022 FROM THESE ENROLLED USERS, WITH 99.9% INDICATING THEY HAD LEARNED SOMETHING THEY DID NOT KNOW.

AMH PROVIDES DIRECT SPONSORSHIP FOR SELECTED SURGERIES UNDER ITS "SURGICAL ACCESS FOR EVERYONE" (SAFE) PROGRAM; THESE SURGERIES WERE CONDUCTED AT HOSPITAL PARTNERS IN KENYA, TANZANIA, UGANDA, ETHIOPIA, BURUNDI, THE NUBA MOUNTAINS, AND MALAWI. THESE SURGICAL SPONSORSHIPS NOT ONLY DIRECTLY ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS BUT ALSO REWARD THE HOSPITALS FOR PERFORMING QUALITY SURGERY, ENABLE ESSENTIAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FOR SURGICAL STAFF AND RESIDENTS, ALLOW THE HOSPITALS TO SUPPORT THEIR INVESTMENTS IN EXPANDED EQUIPMENT AND CAPACITY, AND PROMOTE OVERALL QUALITY AT THE FACILITY. AS PART OF OUR SAFE PROGRAM, AMH CONTINUES TO PARTNER WITHWATSI.ORG, A SOCIAL MEDIA CROWDFUNDING PLATFORM, TO HELP FUND SELECTED SURGERIES. IN 2023, THE SAFE PROGRAM MADE 2,869 SURGERIES AND MORE THAN 500 TRADITIONAL BIRTHS POSSIBLE AT MORE THAN A DOZEN HOSPITAL PARTNERS.