The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
The Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi is part of the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS). Established in 1958, the Hospital is a 254-bed long-term care facility offering quality health care. The Hospital provides general medical services, specialist clinics and high-tech diagnostic services. In 2003, it was awarded ISO 9001accreditation in all its clinical, diagnostic, support and administration services.

The Hospital receives referrals for specialized medical care and diagnostic services from various hospitals and clinics in the region. This is part of the AKHS international referral system, with links to the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.

The Hospital also actively participates in outreach health activities and addressing Nairobi’s public health concerns. It has contributed, for example, to the National Immunization Campaign by providing free clinics in under-served peri-urban settlements.

Aga Khan Health Services
The Hospital and primary medical centres are part of the Aga Khan health Services, which is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. It includes 325 health centres, dispensaries, hospitals, diagnostic centres and community health outlets. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative medical care in India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, and Syria. It includes five general hospitals, seven maternity homes/hospitals and 187 health centres/dispensaries.

AKHS has facilities in Kenya and Tanzania that provide care to over 600,000 patients annually in both rural and urban, and preventive and curative contexts. Its hospitals provide an increasingly comprehensive range of high-quality clinical services.
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Healthcare Activities of the Aga Khan Development Network
AKHS activities are conducted in concert with other health-related activities of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). The overall aim is to raise the health status of people in East Africa and elsewhere in the developing world. Emphasis, in current projects, is on strengthening health systems development.

The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), with branches in Kenya , Tanzania, and Uganda, works with a variety of grantees, including AKHS, to improve the health of vulnerable population groups, especially mothers and children, and promote health services development on the national and regional levels.

AKF and AKHS have been joined in their work in health care in East Africa by the Aga Khan University's Faculty of Health Sciences, which offers accredited professional training, especially for nurses, and conducts a variety of research programmes focused on the health problems of developing nations.

The AKDN aims to assist countries in the building of effective, sustainable health systems linking different kinds of services and levels of care. For more information, please visit the AKDN website: http://www.akdn.org.

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