Founded in Cameroon in 2007.
Women in rural villages across Africa lack access to adequate healthcare resulting in tragic and avoidable levels of maternal and child mortality. Elvis Ndansi grew up in a village like that. He founded Unite for Health (U4H) to help save women and children from dying.
Finding innovative ways to help women thrive.
Unite for Health reaches out in inventive ways to bring maternal healthcare, screenings, and health education to the women who need it the most. We believe in every mother’s right to survive and thrive, and we know that together we can create a happier, healthier, more equitable world.
“In a world ravaged by poverty, injustice and inequality, organizations like Unite for Health shine brightly as beacons of hope. ”
Unite for Health wins CENPA'S prestigious NGO of the Year Award.
A conversation between our founder, Elvis Ndansi, and U4H board member, Tucker Robbins on
Global Peace Education Day
September 20, 2024
Unite for Health’s 7th Misaje Shaa Festival was a big success!
Misaje Shaa Festival 2024 empowers women, children, transforms lives
– The Hilltop Mail, Sept 1, 2024
Prizes included cash, fertilizer and agricultural tools, scholarships with school supplies for orphans, and nursing and midwifery scholarships for graduating seniors.
Shey Stella, the overall winner, gets a certificate and a cash prize that will help her pay for her children’s education.
Photos courtesy of Hilltopvoices.
LATEST U4H PROJECTS
Giving pregnant women free ultrasounds.
Our International Women’s Day Maternal & Child Health Program attracted 200 women in Dumbo, a rural village. They learned about prenatal health and family planning. 88% of the 50 woman who were pregnant got their first ever ultrasound, free.
Galvanizing women ‘shaa’-makers.
In Misaje, ‘Shaa’ is a much-loved drink made by women that is traditionally drunk from a shared cup rinsed in a bucket of water, a ritual that can spread cholera, typhoid or tuberculosis. In 2013, Elvis created a festival to help these women in surprising ways.
spreading hope, One Home At A Time.
In collaboration with Bronco Power Boost and Internetbar.org, we distributed Medical & Solar Power Kits to five families in Oku, a rural village of subsistence farmers. With inadequate healthcare and years of no electricity, a light and a thermometer change lives.
helping EVERY BABY get a healthy start.
Every child has the right to a safe, medically supervised delivery. Unite for Health has never turned away a pregnant woman for not being able to pay. IDP or underprivileged, mothers leave our micro-clinics grateful for a free delivery and a healthy newborn.
“Here in the U.S., Elvis Ndansi is one of the few founders of an international nonprofit doing work in Africa that actually comes from Africa. ”
What makes us different.
OUR FOUNDER
Elvis Ndansi, our Founder & President, is an Obama Foundation Scholar as well as a certified medical professional.
maternal & child health
Unite for Health’s mission to combat maternal & infant mortality is especially vital for underprivileged and IDP mothers.
community outreach
We find inventive ways to reach out to women in rural communities who need healthcare the most.
our impact
We never turn anyone away so this underprivileged mother’s baby was delivered safely, completely free of charge.
technology & INNOVATION
Our prototype mini-clinic is designed to bring maternal and prenatal healthcare to villages that lack access to it.
OUR story
Roseline Leh Ndansi, a nurse who was known in Misaje village as ‘docta’, inspired her son, Elvis, to become a nurse too.