Who We Are

The East African Health Project (EAHP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and wellness of the East African community in the United States. EAHP provides integral awareness and outreach services on health education, health promotion, disease prevention and human services to newly arrived communities from the East African Region.

What We Do

The EAHP volunteers and staff are composed of healthcare professionals and experienced workers with backgrounds in social services and advocacy with strong ties to the East African community. Our team is knowledgeable in East African culture and their social needs.  Our board and volunteers are fluent in languages in languages spoken by the East African region, such as Somali, Swahili, Amharic and Oromo.

Current Medical Issues

Be ONE VOICE against tobacco: call for video messages
Be ONE VOICE against tobacco: call for video messages
Join our ONE VOICE campaign in the runup to World No Tobacco Day on 31 May 2024. To take part, record a short video message that speaks to your peers ...
Visiting Lebanon, WHO Regional Director affirms support to address multiple health system challenges
7 April 2024, Beirut, Lebanon – WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Hanan Balkhy concluded a 2-day visit to Beirut, Lebanon, last week at a time when hostilities ...
Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports
6 April 2024, Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva - A WHO-led multi-agency mission accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in north Gaza on 5 April to conduct a preliminary assessment of the extent of destruction and identify needs to ...
Meet the heroes powering our emergency response: Dr Ahmed Al Soofi Head of WHO suboffice in Al …
Episode 5 Dr Ahmed Al Soofi Head of WHO suboffice in Al Hudaydah, YemenMy journey with WHO began in 2007, following years of service with Yemen’s health ministry and a ...
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response
UN agencies launch joint programme to support Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon in climate change response
4 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) today launched a ...
World Health Day 2024 highlights the right to health
7 April 2024, Cairo, Egypt – “My health, my right”, the theme for World Health Day 2024, is a reminder that health is a fundamental right that must be ensured ...
WHO commends Iraq’s world-first in polio transition
1 April 2024 – As of January 2024, Iraq has achieved the polio transition process in full. It is the first country among the polio transition priority countries to achieve this ...
WHO mourns loss of team member killed in Syria
Statement by Dr Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean 26 March 2024– On behalf of the World Health Organization, it is with profound sorrow that we announce the ...
Yemen conflict enters 10th year with over 17 million people in need of health aid
The country faces an alarmingly high malnutrition rate, with nearly 2.4 million children aged under 5 years suffering from stunting. 25 March 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The conflict in Yemen ...
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Hassan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, ...
Opening remarks by Dr Hanan Hassan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, …
24 March 2024 Thank you for gathering here today on World Tuberculosis Day. As one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world, TB remains a pressing challenge to ...

Contact us

CONTACTUS
Phone: 612-306 0539
Email: [email protected]
Address: 1349 Maryland Avenue East St. Paul, MN 55106