Amref Health Africa (headquartered in Kenya), remains the largest Africa based international non-governmental organisation (NGO) currently running over 130 programmes in 35 African countries in with lessons learnt over 60 years of engagement with governments, communities and partners to increase sustainable health access in Africa. Today, Amref Health Africa implements its projects through country programmes in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal (base for West Africa), South Sudan and Southern Africa (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia). Amref Health Africa has 10 fundraising, programme support and international advocacy offices in Europe and North America. Vision Lasting health change in Africa. Mission To increase sustainable health access to
Africa and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states (countries), nine territories and two "de facto" independent states with limited or no recognition. The majority of the continent and its countries are in the Northern Hemisphere, with a substantial portion and number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Africa's average population is the youngest amongst all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. Africa, particularly central Eastern Africa, is widely accepted as the place of origin