AHA will attend the upcoming African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. AHA has been a key partner of the African Union (AU) in organizing this Special Summit. Alongside providing crucial documents and information

On 15 June 2009 AHA and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding authenticating the two organizations’ partnership in addressing development priorities in AfDB Member Countries.

This partnership comes as a result of AHA’s and AfDB’s joint perception of the need to enhance state and organizational capacities throughout Africa as a core step to addressing the many challenges of the continent. In a statement at the signing ceremony, Mme Zeinab El Bakri, AfDB’s Vice-President of Operations, noted that “Capacity building is the main pillar of the Bank’s support to fragile states in their path to recovery and self sufficiency. As such, the services of AHA are going to be critical in supporting the timely and effective implementation of targeted activities and delivering the much needed services to the people”.

Founded as the first pan-African response to the 1994 Rwanda Genocide, AHA has since assisted more than 10 million people in 16 African countries to regain their health, dignity and wellbeing. With its Head Office in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, AHA currently supports displaced and vulnerable communities in Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Liberia, Namibia, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda and Zambia.

West African Media Network honors AHA for its health care services in Liberia through their annual International NGO of the Year Award.

In a letter, Mr. Joseph S. Wiah, Managing Editor of the network, expressed that AHA was selected as winner of the International NGO of the Year 2008 in Health Sector Award based on the organization’s “level of dedication, commitment and professionalism”. He notes that AHA’s immense contribution to the health care delivery system of Liberia and the dedicated services rendered by AHA to the Liberian people were carefully evaluated before bestowing this prize on the organization.