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About AHP

Who we are

The road to Ganyesa District Hospital in the North-West Province, South Africa.

Health for Africa, powered by people.

Africa Health Placements is an organisation with a mission: to support and enhance healthcare systems in Africa, by finding, placing and retaining the right people for the job. Since our inception in 2005, we have placed over 1600 doctors in southern Africa.

Africa's greatest obstacle in public (and particularly rural) healthcare is a lack of qualified professionals. Our aim is to fill the gaps, and ultimately to help people to view the public sector (and civil society organisations working in public service) in a new light - as truly viable and exciting career options.

We work with a network of partners, including governments, the private sector and civil society in order to make this happen, using a model that we like to call "social profit". The bulk of our services are donor funded and delivered free of charge, but we are also partially self-sustaining, through a professional locum placement service. We operate in a businesslike manner, focused on service delivery and effective marketing communications.