AHETI: A Faith-Driven Force for Health and Economic Justice in Africa
We work at the intersection of health and economy to secure justice, dignity, and wellbeing for all.
Cervical cancer is a preventable disease—but in many parts of Africa, it still claims the lives of too many women. AHETI is leading a bold, faith-based response to change that.
In partnership with churches, mosques, faith-based health networks, and religious leaders, we are bringing HPV vaccines and cervical cancer screening directly to the communities that need them most. Our model is trusted, community-rooted, and already working.
- Vaccine uptake tripled in pilot regions
- 3,000+ local faith-health champions trained
- Momentum is growing—and we’re ready to scale
- 2 million girls vaccinated.
- 750,000 women screened.
- 20,000 faith-health leaders mobilized.
Join us as we protect women’s health, shift harmful norms, and build a future free from cervical cancer.
News & Events
Catholic-Based Primary Healthcare
Leveraging Catholic networks to deliver accessible, compassionate healthcare across Africa, especially to underserved communities, grounded in social justice and human dignity.
Healthcare System Strengthening
Enhancing Africa’s health systems through training, policy advocacy, and resource development to ensure quality care, affordable medicines, and robust infrastructure for all.
African Pharmaceutical Production
Advocating TRIPS reform to support local production of essential medicines, making life-saving treatments affordable and accessible across African communities.
Leadership Development
Building strong, ethical leaders equipped to champion healthcare reform and promote global health equity across African nations.
Our Partners
Transformation
We envision an Africa free of poverty diseases!
AHETI is working towards a disease-free Africa in collaboration with our partners; the Yale University Global Justice Program, the AU Development Agency – NEPAD, Incentives for Global Health (IGH), the Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK), Association of Religious of Uganda (ARU), Conference of Major Superiors Religious of Ghana (CMSRG) and the Zambia Association of Sisterhoods (ZAS).
Ethical Imperative & Social Justice
People should not be denied access to life-saving or health-promoting interventions for unfair reasons, including economic or social causes. Access to quality and safe medicines has been designated as a basic human right by the World Health Organization. The relevance has been given further weight by its inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target 3.b.
Health as Base for Economic growth
Health is an important determinant of economic development; a healthy population means higher productivity. For Africa's economies to rise, there needs to be massive investment in ensuring quality access to healthcare for all, and eradication of poverty diseases endemic in Africa, namely, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS, hepatitis B and diarrhoea
Africa pharmaceutical imports
Africa share of vaccine demand
Vaccines Produced in Africa
Africa pharmaceutical manufacturers
MEET THE BOARD
Our Governance
Fr. Charles Chilufya, S.J
Executive Director & Board Chairman
Fr. Chilufya coordinates all Jesuit International and social ministries in Africa; He works to create synergies for greater impact of their social ministries in Africa. His office also provides liaison and creates strategic partnerships in matters concerning justice and ecology within and beyond the Jesuit organisations and units. My office is a vital African Jesuit Conference interface between global policies in the economic, social and environmental spheres and local issues confronting populations in Africa and Madagascar.
Ms. Jacqueline Mugo, MBS
Board Member
An advocate of the High Court of Kenya who doubles up as the Executive Director & CEO of the Federation of Kenya Employers, the Secretary-General Business Africa Employers Confederation, a Titular Board member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Vice President for Africa of the International Organization of Employers (IOE).
Fr. Ismael Matambura
Director Africa Jesuits Aids Network
FCPA, Dr. James Boyd McFie, HSC
Board Member
Director of Strathmore School of Accountancy, where he has served as a Lecturer since 1978. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sasini Limited and as a Non-Executive Director of The Standard Group Limited & Centum Investment Company Ltd. He previously served as Director of the Capital Markets Authority (Kenya) and as a Member of the Value Added Tax Tribunal of Kenya. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Accounting from the University of Strathclyde, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.
Dr. Sr. Carren Atieno Owuor
Board Member
Dr. Sr. Carren is a Medical Doctor with more than 10 years’ experience in Primary Healthcare provision with a passion to improve access to health at all levels. She is the Former C.E.O & Medical Director of the St Mary’s Mission Hospitals (Nairobi & Rift Valley). She is currently doing her Final year of MBA at Strathmore University (Kenya) – Majoring in Healthcare Management (HCM). She is a member of the Assumption Sister of Nairobi (ASN) congregation.
Prof Sr Eugenia Amporfu
Board Member
Sr. Eugenia Amporfu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, KNUST. She holds a PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada She teaches Health Economics, Econometrics, and Advanced Microeconomics both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. She has also taught a graduate course in Macroeconomics. Her areas of research broadly cover Health Economics and has peer reviewed theoretical and empirical research articles. Her research interests in Health Economics includes Strategic Purchasing focusing on healthcare financing and physician reimbursement, Equity, and Policy Evaluation. She has served as a consultant for organizations such as UNFPA, Results for Development, Contract UK Ltd, African Health Economics Association, among others.
