Anne Gitimu

At #PBOWEEK2026, our Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are doing more than participating—they’re demonstrating what community-led change looks like in real time. Through #TuchezeTustawi Project, CHPs are showcasing how caregivers of children (0–3 yrs) can use play to support mental health, social emotional learning and development—using homemade toys crafted from everyday materials. A plastic bottle becomes a rattle. A piece of cloth becomes a ball. A simple moment becomes connection, learning, and healing. This is what scalable impact looks like: ✔ Low-cost ✔ Locally made ✔ Delivered through trusted community systems When we equip CHPs, we don’t just deliver interventions—we unlock sustainable, community-owned solutions for early childhood development. #PBOWeek #ThrivingThroughPlay #MHPSS #EarlyYears #SEL #CommunityHealth #Amref @LEGOfoundation @NairobiCityGov @AnneGitimu @FidelinaN @SusanNyaboke5

Today's girls are tomorrow's leaders. Don't cut their dreams short. FGM steals futures education, health, opportunity. The EAC Elimination of FGM Bill 2025 says: not in our region. Not anymore. Say YES to the Bill. #EndFGMAcrossBorders #PassTheEACFGMBill

At #IMNHC, Netherlands Embassy in Kenya with Goal3 & @Amref_Kenya convened partners to showcase the power of innovation + collaboration on maternal & child health. We also celebrated Goal3’s partnership with @KNH_hospital using IMPALA monitors to improve care for moms & newborns.

This year, @Amref_Kenya is proud to join partners at #CIES2026 in San Francisco for a critical conversation on children’s wellbeing in fragile contexts. 📌 Thriving Through Play: Advancing Education and Peace by Supporting Children’s Psychosocial Wellbeing in Fragile Contexts 🗓 28 March | 11:15–12:30 PDT 📍 Hilton SF Union Square We will share insights from our #Tucheze Tustawi work, highlighting how Primary Health Care offers an opportunity to support mental health, social emotional learning, and school readiness for children aged 0–3 through play. Primary Health Care reach families early—integrating play-based support into routine services to strengthen caregivers and child well being. @AnneGitimu @FidelinaN @SusanNyaboke5 #PrimaryHealthCare #ECD #MentalHealth

@Amref_Kenya is proud to be represented at #CIES2026 by @AnneGitimu @FidelinaN, and @SusanNyaboke5 They will share insights from our #Tucheze Tustawi project in Kenya 🇰🇪 during the panel: 📌 Thriving Through Play: Advancing Education and Peace by Supporting Children’s Psychosocial Well-being in Fragile Contexts 🗓 28 March | 11:15–12:30 PDT 📍 Hilton SF Union Square Primary Health Care systems offer one of the most effective platforms to reach children aged 0–3 and their caregivers early. Through #Tucheze Tustawi, we are integrating play-based mental health and psychosocial support into routine services—equipping caregivers to support early stimulation, social-emotional development, and school readiness. In fragile settings, this approach strengthens caregiver wellbeing, supports child development, and contributes to resilience and peaceful communities. #CIES2026 #PrimaryHealthCare #ECD #MentalHealth #ThrivingThroughPlay

Country Showcase | #IMNHC2026 Dr Loise Nyanjau, Ministry of Health (RMNCAH), explains how Kenya is leveraging Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) to strengthen reporting, drive accountability, and reduce preventable maternal and newborn deaths.

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In Turkana West at the moment, a shift is unfolding, one that will change how communities raise, nurture, and connect with their youngest children between zero and three years through Tucheze Tustawi Project. Read more: turkana.go.ke/2026/03/21/fro… @Amref_Kenya @LEGOfoundation

With over half of Turkana County’s population, the region has seen a year-long investment by the County Government & @Amref_Kenya to build a strong network of Trainers of Trainers, CHAs, and CHPs, have now been equipped to integrate play-based learning into early childhood care.

A defining moment for maternal health in #Africa! Today, at #IMNHC2026, we officially launched the SUPREME initiative, a bold new partnership to tackle two of the leading causes of maternal deaths: pre-eclampsia and maternal anemia. Every year, tens of thousands of women die from these conditions, even though we already have the tools to prevent and treat them. The challenge is not innovation, but access. Supported by @UNITAID and co-implemented with @CHAI_health, SUPREME brings together a powerful consortium, including @Jhpiego, @NGOSolthis, @MarktAccessAfri, @WACIHealth, @Auruminstitute, and @ConceptFNDN, to change this reality across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania. What makes SUPREME different is its end-to-end approach, addressing the full product access pathway, from innovation and market shaping to service delivery and community uptake. Through its dual model, 🔹 SUPREME SECURE – strengthening supply, markets, and product availability 🔹 SUPREME LIFELINES – ensuring the right care reaches women at the point of need, the initiative bridges the gap between #innovation and real impact among underserved communities. At Amref Health Africa, we are proud to lead the LIFELINES component, working with governments, health workers, and communities to embed these solutions into strong, responsive antenatal care systems. Because saving lives is not just about having the right tools. It’s about ensuring they are accessible, trusted, and delivered at scale. By 2029, this initiative aims to create the conditions needed to drive lasting reductions in maternal and neonatal mortality. 👇Explore Amref’s full participation at IMNHC 2026, and learn more about the programme: 🔗newsroom.amref.org/advancing-mate… #SUPREME #MaternalHealth

EWENE #OkoaMamaOkoaMtoto is a global and national campaign focused on acceleration the reduction of preventable maternal deaths. @MOH_Kenya @DrPatrickAmoth @HonAdenDuale

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞. In many communities, decisions about #FGM are made within families, not by outsiders. That’s why @Amref_Kenya developed #HomesteadDialogues (enkang dialogues): safe, structured spaces where families come together, speak openly, and commit as a group to #endFGM. This is community-led change, from the inside out. Join our upcoming webinar on 24th March to see how this approach is shifting deep-rooted social norms and empowering communities to lead the change. Register here: amref.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #AmrefEndFGM @TheGirlGen @fgm_global @AFGMBoard @covaw @NiceLengete

#AmrefMaternalMondays Maternal and newborn outcomes are improving in Kenyan counties. County data from 2024–2025 shows encouraging progress, with maternal mortality ratios declining in counties such as Kiambu (55.25 → 53.72), Meru (76.01 → 68.56) and Bungoma (95.24 → 68.13). At the same time, neonatal deaths have decreased in Kilifi (12.87 → 10.85), Nyeri (10.79 → 8.72) and Meru (8.61 → 7.88), while stillbirth rates have also declined across counties including Kiambu, Nyeri and Meru. Through partnerships with the national government, county governments and partners, @Amref_Kenya's Maternal and Newborn Health Big Bet is supporting efforts to reduce Kenya’s maternal mortality ratio from 355 to below 70 deaths per 100,000 live births, and neonatal mortality from 21 to under 12 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030. Investing in quality maternal care saves lives. Partner with us to accelerate progress for every mother and every newborn. #MaternalHealth #NewbornHealth #Kenya #HealthSystems #SparkingChangeSavingLives @MPESA_FDN @SafaricomFDN @KilifiCountyGov @KiambuCountyGov @Meru_county @County19Nyeri @BungomaCountyKe

Health. Nutrition. Education. Finance. Social protection. We built silos. Children paid the price. At #PHCCongress2026, we’re done with fragmentation. “From Survival to Thriving” convenes Treasury, SHA, counties, and global partners to answer: How do we structurally embed early childhood across ALL sectors? @NyamiraCountyG and @NairobiCityGov are showing it’s possible. Digital Health Agency is building infrastructure. KMTC is preparing the workforce. The pieces exist. What we need is coordination. Leadership isn’t owning the agenda. It’s aligning it. Join us: March 5 | 11:45 am EAT 📍 Amref International University (hybrid) Register: phcongress.com #Multisectoral #SystemsThinking #PHC #Kenya #UHC @hiltonfound @MOH_Kenya @LEGOfoundation @Kmtc_official @UNICEF @WHOKenya @ecdnetwork_ke @PATHtweets @EchidnaGiving @CatholicRelief @Kidogo_ECD @DHA_Kenya @akuihd @_shakenya @NairobiCityGov @NyamiraCountyG @isioloCounty011

From policy and financing to frontline delivery, what does it take to advance community health services toward #UHC in Kenya? Join @Chu4Uhc tomorrow, 11:45 AM–1:15 PM EAT, at the #PHCCongress, hosted by @AmrefUniversity, to unpack practical lessons, financing realities, and implementation insights shaping stronger primary health care systems. Be part of the conversation! Share your ideas using #Amref4PHC and #PHCCongress2026 to turn UHC plans into real results. @CHS_ke @MOH_Kenya @MOH_DHP @Living_Goods

The future of Primary Health Care isn’t about surviving the next public health threat. It’s about building systems that help every human thrive from day one. At #PHCCongress2026, we’re asking a disruptive question: What if the first 1,000 days were the foundation of PHC redesign? Not an add-on. Not a vertical program. The very architecture of resilient health systems. Resilience doesn’t begin in crisis response. It begins at children’s surviving and thriving in their early years . Because a health system that fails children in their earliest moments fails its most basic test. Join us: March 5 | 11:45 am EAT 📍 Amref International University (hybrid) Register: phcongress.com #SurvivalToThriving #NurturingCare #PHC #Resilience #First1000Days #Kenya #GlobalHealth #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment @hiltonfound @MOH_Kenya @LEGOfoundation @Kmtc_official @UNICEF @WHOKenya @ecdnetwork_ke @PATHtweets @EchidnaGiving @CatholicRelief @Kidogo_ECD @DHA_Kenya @akuihd @_shakenya @NairobiCityGov @NyamiraCountyG @isioloCounty011

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 @Amref_Kenya, through the #TuchezeTustawi and #Danida Transcend projects, led a decisive Q4 2025 performance review with @TurkanaCountyKE leadership to accelerate health gains. The meeting brought together H.E. @DrJohnErus (Deputy Governor), key health officials, and representatives from 36 health facilities to drive coordinated action. Key Focus Areas: ✅RMNCAH Indicators Review: Measured progress on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health to guide impactful interventions. ✅MPDSR Analysis: Strengthened Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response to eliminate preventable deaths. ✅Taifa Care Uptake: Achieved 95% enrolment in Turkana West, reflecting robust community trust in universal health coverage (UHC). ✅Service Delivery Innovation: Embedded play-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) into Primary Health Care and community services. This innovative approach boosts mental well-being and expands access for all. By uniting county leaders, health facilities, and partners, we are building a resilient health system that meets Turkana’s needs. Together, we deliver Health for All. #HealthForAll #PrimaryHealthCare #RMNCAH #MentalHealth #UHC #Turkana #Kenya #AmrefInAction #CommunityHealth #HealthSystems #TuchezeTustawi #DanidaTranscend #MHPSS #SEL #playbasedMHPSS #EarlyChildhoodDevelopment. @LEGOfoundation @MOH_Kenya @TurkanaCountyKE @denmarkinkenya

Play helps children express emotions, build confidence, learn empathy, and develop healthy relationships. Through the #TuchezeTustawi Project, we are promoting play as a tool for addressing children’s mental health, psychosocial needs, and social-emotional learning while strengthening caregiver wellbeing and responsiveness. By empowering caregivers and Community Health Promoters, we are fostering nurturing environments that support healing, connection, and positive development. Together, we are raising emotionally strong and resilient children. #TuchezeTustawi #MentalHealth #PsychosocialSupport #SocialEmotionalLearning #ThrivingThroughPlay #ResponsiveCaregiving #MHPSS @LEGOfoundation @NairobiCityGov

Every girl deserves a future of opportunity, not one defined by harmful traditions. #Future4Binti, supported by the Dutch government, Plan International, and local partners across Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia, protects girls from FGM and child marriage, strengthens community safety nets, and helps girls grow up healthy and empowered. This is more than a programme; it is a shared promise of dignity, safety, education, and opportunity for every girl. Stand with us to end FGM and protect girls’ futures. #EndFGM #GirlsRights #ProtectGirls #EastAfrica @NLinKenya @PlanGlobal

The NL is proud to launch Future4Binti Together with @Amref and @Plan the project adresses FGM & child marriage in Eastern Africa. It aims to give girls access to health🏥, education📚 & opportunities💼, whilst challenging harmful norms✊. #Future4Binti #GenderEquality