What We Do

Results, including the ones we would rather not print

Every figure on this page is drawn from our 2025 audited annual report and verified by an independent evaluation partner.

Since 1994

Thirty-one years, counted

Cumulative totals across all programmes and countries. Definitions for every metric are published in the methodology annex of the annual report.

509,762

People reached by health system strengthening

152,600

Population under Promoting Health Behaviors

49,424

Consultations screened for fever management

4,448

Students engaged on antimicrobial resistance

3,246

Prisoners reached across seven prisons

2,150

People living with HIV supported

Where we work

Select a region to see what it runs and what it produced last year. A full interactive map with country-level data arrives with the data layer.

Stylised map · illustrative positions

Milestones

2006

Registered as a Cambodian NGO

Action for Health Development was officially registered with the Ministry of Interior, after thirteen years of community-based health work with Catholic Relief Services.
2010

Global Fund health system strengthening

AHEAD began Global Fund programmes strengthening community structures and health services across Battambang and Oddar Meanchey, reaching more than half a million people.
2016

Social accountability

The Implementation of Social Accountability Framework brought citizen-led monitoring and open budgets to communes in Koh Kong, with a focus on women, youth and ethnic minorities.
2021

Village health workers, expanded roles

Village malaria workers received new diagnostic tools for dengue and fever alongside four packages of health education training, extending their role beyond malaria.
2025

Antimicrobial resistance engagement

Public engagement on antimicrobial resistance began in Battambang and Siem Reap, reaching 4,448 students and 250 teachers through circus arts.