Message from the Director​

The Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, East Africa (CoEWCH EA), of the Aga Khan University (AKU) was established in 2012 as a university-wide strategy to focus on the health of women and children with Prof Zulfiqar Bhutta as the Founding Director. In 2015, Prof Marleen Temmerman was welcomed as the East Africa (EA) Director of the Centre to build capacity across the region.​