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Member Charities that work in Health & Medical Services
In Sub Saharan Africa, 22 million people live with HIV/AIDS, one child in five dies from malaria, one woman in sixteen dies during pregnancy or childbirth, and there are 750 thousand new cases of tuberculosis every year. Aid for Africa members are working to reduce HIV rates, protect mothers and children, provide medical supplies, and much more. Click on the highlighted letters in the alphabet below to view members working on these issues.
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Takes an innovative and integrated approach to eradicating poverty in Ethiopia through initiatives in several areas: microcredit, clean water, education, healthcare, irrigation and animal health.
CFC# 31756
Access Africa (ITDP)
Provides bicycles to African AIDS workers and deserving students and helps African governments develop responsible transport solutions. Promotes environmentally sustainable and equitable transportation systems worldwide.
CFC# 10723
Action Africa
Supports rural villages in Nigeria and Sierra Leone by surrounding children with care, learning, and training. Works with local communities to build free medical clinics for families and provide micro-loans for entrepreneurial women.
CFC# 55633
Africa Fighting Malaria
Works to ensure that no African child dies from malaria, by researching and advocating for effective, integrated, and country-driven malaria control in Africa and encouraging the use of high-quality anti-malarial drugs.
CFC# 94685
Africa Infectious Disease Village Clinics
Provides quality health care education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, to rural communities in southeastern Kenya. Trains local health care workers.
CFC# 12365
African Child Care Association
Supports and educates children in Africa with HIV/AIDS, meeting their special needs and bringing joy to them and their families. Provides prevention education to youth.
CFC# 23942
African Services Committee
Conducts HIV testing, prevention, and AIDS support in Ethiopia. Provides health, legal, housing, and social services to African immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers in the US.
CFC# 11880
African Solutions to African Problems
Supports community-based programs and women’s networks, to help them better deliver life-affirming care for orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
CFC# 34002
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Supporting health needs of children, families, and communities in Gabon, West Africa, at the Albert Schweitzer Hospital through medical fellowships and in villages through model healthcare program.
CFC# 85593
Alliance for African Assistance
Provides assistance in the U.S. and Uganda to refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and war and torture victims, particularly women and children, helping to restore their self-sufficiency, dignity, and respect.
CFC# 12364
American Leprosy Missions
Provides care to people in Africa and around the world with leprosy and related disabilities. Working to develop a vaccine to prevent leprosy.
CFC# 10717
Arlington Academy of Hope
Provides education and health care to children in rural Uganda. Runs a model school for 300 children and health clinics that serve thousands. Supports ten local elementary schools.
CFC# 11640