Decarbonising health care

The design of Aga Khan University Hospital provides natural ventilation to temper the severe heat in Karachi.

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Our work and our future: Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery in East Africa 2019-2023

In Kenya, AKU School of Nursing and Midwifery (SONAM) alumnus Hassan Wesonga advises young mothers on taking care of the health of their children.

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Higher education and COVID-19: How the Aga Khan University has risen to the challenge

Since 2006, the French Medical Institute for Children in Kabul - managed by AKU as part of a partnership with the governments of France and Afghanistan and the French NGO La Chaîne de l'Espoir - has invested over US$ 16 million in its Patient Welfare Programme, changing the lives of over 200,000 patients from all 34 provinces of Afghanistan.

FMIC / Oriane Zerah

Nurses and midwives: Leaders in health care in East Africa

Another AKU-SONAM alumna, Emelda Kuvumbi, is now Head of Nursing Services at the Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania. The organisation works to prevent disability (by strengthening maternal and newborn health), provides affordable medical and rehabilitative services and aids empowerment of people with disabilities and their families.

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