The Children’s Hospital at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has announced the establishment of a "Neonatal Kitty", an endowment fund for the welfare and well-being of patients belonging to low-income and poor families at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the hospital. The announcement to this effect came as the NICU celebrated its continued success of over 30 years with their faculty, staff, children, who started their journey from the NICU and their parents. The event was attended by more than 500 people from different walks of life.

In an opinion piece published by the Daily Monitor, AKDN Resident Representative Amin Mawji writes on an important achievement of the Aga Khan University. This month, AKU will award its 3000th certificate in nursing degrees and diplomas in East Africa. It is an important milestone in the long road to strengthening nursing capacity in the region. Today, across the region, nurses provide care to a wide range of people, often with little support or resources. Yet, we see in different parts of the region, shortages of nurses with good generalist skills and speciality-based nurses. This is why agencies like Aga Khan Health Services and the Aga Khan University have focused their programmes on building capacity where it is most needed.