About the Aga Khan Health Services
About the Aga Khan Health Services
Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of three AKDN agencies that support activities in health, alongside the Aga Khan Foundation and the Aga Khan University (AKU). Together, they provide quality health care to 14 million people annually and work closely on planning, training and resource development. AKHS also works with the Aga Khan Education Services and the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat on the integration of health issues into partnered projects.
An eHealth teleconsultation in progress at the Aga Khan Medical Centre in Gilgit, Pakistan. AKDN / Kamran Beyg
AKHS is organised into national service companies in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania and Uganda. The Head Office is located at the AKDN offices in Geneva, Switzerland. It coordinates the activities of the service companies through five-year plans, ten-year projections, annual budget submissions and the provision of technical assistance.
AKHS is also linked internationally through network-wide strategies for regional geographies, such as Central Asia and East Africa, as well as in quality of care, digital health, virtual learning, climate change measures, population health, communications, human resource development and audit.
While strengthening its institutions and the links between them, each health service company joins government health services and other providers in building effective national health systems. AKHS and AKU manage 940 hospitals and outreach health centres.