Europe

Jeremeiah - Entasopia

AMREF  in Austria
Gesellschaft fuer Medizin und Forschung
in Afrika, inc Flying Doctors Service; Waagplatz 3; A-5020 Salzburg
Tel: +43 (0) 662 840 101
Fax: +43 (0) 662 840 101/13
Email: office@amref.at
http://www.amref.at
Chair: Dr Walter Schmidjell

AMREF in Denmark

Den Afrikanske Lægefond
Gorrissen Federspiel Kierkegaard
12 HC Andersens Boulevard
DK-1553
Copenhagen V
Tel: + 45 33 41 41 41
Fax: + 45 33 41 41 28
Email: tf@gfklaw.dk
http://www.amref.org/denmark.htm
Director: Christian Alsoe

AMREF  in France
AMREF France
134 bd Hausman
75008
Paris
Tel: + 33 (0) 1 42 25 03 67
Cell: + 33 (0) 6 74 72 57 77
E-mail: info@amref.fr
http://www.amref.fr
Director: Zarina de Bagneux

AMREF in Germany
AMREF Gesellschaft fuer Medizin
und Forschung in Afrika e.V.
Mauerkircherstr. 155
D-81925 Muenchen
Tel: +49 89 981129
Fax: +49 89 981189
Email: info@amrefgermany.de
http://www.amrefgermany.de
Director: Marcus Leonhardt

AMREF in Italy
Via Boezio, 17
00193 Roma
Tel: +39 06 320 22 22
Fax:+39 06 320 22 27
Email:info@amref.it
http://www.amref.it
Director: Thomas Simmons 

AMREF Milan Office
AMREF Italia
Sito della Guastalla, 3
20122 Milano
Tel/Fax: +39 02 5410 7566
Email: milano@amref.it

AMREF in Monaco
Galerie Princess
8,Avenue de Papalins
98000 Monaco
Tel: +377 97 77 08 08
Email: Info@amrefmonaco.org
http://www.amrefmonaco.org
Director: Riccardo Arvati

AMREF  in The Netherlands
Stichting AMREF Flying Doctors Nederland,
Haagse Schouwweg 6, 2332 KG Leiden
Te: +31 71 576 9476
Fax: +31 71 576 3777 
Email: mail@amref.nl
http://www.amref.nl
Director: Jacqueline Lampe    

AMREF  in Spain
Pío XII, 57, D Bajo Izda
28016 Madrid
Tel: +34.913.430.211
Fax: +34.913.450.413
Email: amref@fundacionamref.org
http://www.amref.es
Director: Alfonso Rodríguez Maroto

AMREF  in Sweden
c/o Helena Bonnier
Karlavägen 91
S-115 22 Stockholm,Sweden.
Tel:+46-8-662 09 10
Fax: +46-8-667 44 94
Email: amref@telia.com
http://www.amref.org/sweden.htm
Chair: Helena Bonnier

AMREF  in UK
Clifford's Inn
Fetter Lane
London
EC4A 1BZ
Tel: 020 7269 5520
Email: info@amrefuk.org
http://www.amref.org/uk
Director: Jo Ensor

Uganda - key health statistics

  • Each year there are an estimated 66,000 AIDS-related deaths – in 2006 there were 132,500 new infections, 20.6% of them among children because of mother-to-child transmission.
  • 50% of Uganda’s estimated 2.4 million orphans have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
  • Each year there are 70,000–110,000 malaria-related deaths.
  • Malnutrition is an underlying cause of around 60% of child deaths.
  • Only 42% of births are supervised by a health professional.
  • Uganda has only 2,209 doctors, 16,221 nurses and 1,702 laboratory technicians – almost a third of health posts are not filled.

Southern Sudan - key health statistics

  • There is only one doctor per 100,000 people.
  • Only 5% of births are attended by skilled health staff.
  • There are only 4,600 trained health workers – more than 17,000 are needed
  • Preventable diseases – eg TB and diarrhoea – cause most deaths and illness.
  • 45% of under-fives suffer chronic diarrhoea –one of their biggest killers.
  • One in four children dies before the age of five.

South Africa: key health statistics

  • There are 4,222 unfilled vacancies for doctors and 32,734 for nurses, mainly in rural areas.
  • 18.8% of the population aged between 15 and 49 is HIV-positive.
  • There are 1,000 AIDS-related deaths every day.
  • TB causes 1,000 deaths a month.

Tanzania- Key health statistics

  • Over 2.2 million people live with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
  • Tanzania has a Maternal Mortlaity Rate (MMR) of 578 per 100,000 live births with only 46% of the women receiving skilled attendance during childbirth.
  • 90% of all child deaths occur because of preventable illnesses such as malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, malnutrition, HIV/AIDS and low birth weight
  • Malaria accounts for 30-40% of all hospital outpatient attendance
  • Tanzania has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world. 29% of rural girls age 15-19 have given birth or have been pregnant
  • Only 55% of people in rural areas have access to safe water