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Sherine Adhiambo Athero
Field Coordinator
Sherine currently works as a field coordinator in the Packard Western Kenya project since February 2010. Sherine has about 6 years’ experience in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and has strong skills in project coordination and monitoring. She conducts daily monitoring of project activities to ensure successful implementation.
Sherine holds a BSc degree in Biomedical Science and Technology from Maseno University and is currently taking a MA degree course in Project Planning and Management at the University of Nairobi. Prior to joining APHRC, Sherine worked with Impact Research and Development Organization as a research assistant in the Tuungane youth project dealing with adolescent sexual and reproductive health, including HIV/AIDs in Suba district.
Sherine’s efforts are geared towards improving sexual and reproductive health. Her main interest is in family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health.
Publications
- A Winning Approach to Increasing Family Planning Uptake: The Case of Western Kenya
- Improving family planning services delivery and uptake: experiences from the “Reversing the Stall in Fertility Decline in Western Kenya Project”
- Reversing the stall in fertility decline in Western Kenya
- Rural Community-Based Family Planning Project of Western Kenya: Demonstration Phase, 2009-2012
Resources
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Ethiopia is one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous countries, with growth rates showing no sign of slowing. The country is expected to be home to more than 140 million people...
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Girls in Kenya face a range of challenges. Shutterstock/Adriana Mahdalova Karen Austrian, Population Council Adolescent girls in Kenya face a range of challenges that compromise their ability to learn, earn and thrive. Girls...
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via Guttmacher Institute APHRC has a wealth of research on unsafe abortion in Kenya with two key reports on the incidence of unsafe abortion and its cost on the country’s public health...
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Obesity, a risk factor for multiple non-communicable diseases, is rapidly increasing in prevalence in many low- and middle-income countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa (1). Findings from recent research suggest...
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By Danielle Doughman, Policy Manager Africa is experiencing a nutritional transition. Dietary patterns are changing as globalization contributes to food environments that are teeming with tempting but unhealthy choices that were...
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By Cheikh Faye, Senior Research Officer The Countdown to 2030 regional initiative for Eastern and Southern Africa convened its second data analysis workshop in Naivasha, Kenya, July 9-13. In total, 37...
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By Lauren Gelfand – Director, Policy Engagement and Communications Just US$9 would cover the annual costs of fully meeting the need for modern contraception, safe abortion, and maternal and newborn care...
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Via The Conversation Universities shouldn’t ignore graduates once they leave the institution. Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Universities across Africa are sitting on – and ignoring – a potential gold mine: their graduates. Research from the...
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Via The Conversation Students in a Nairobi slum school. There are more than monetary barriers for parents from poor neighbourhoods. EPA/Dai Kurokawa Ten years ago Kenya abolished tuition fees for children attending...
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Via The Conversation Food and nutrition security exists when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. In many communities...
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By Carol Gatura, Communications Officer, APHRC What do you get when you bring together high-level county officials from Western Kenya? An opportunity to shift one’s mind set on where county governments...
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Henry Owoko, Field Interviewer, APHRC In the field of international development, there are a number of fallacies circulating, or, to speak bluntly, let’s call them lies. The so-called urban advantage is...
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Sanitation comes third to Water and Hygiene where targeted funding and interventions in the WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) sector are concerned. This is also evident in the way that policies...
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By Grace Gathoni, Research Assistant, APHRC “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his needs, is good for him.” Maya Angelou As...
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By Elizabeth Mwaniki, Research Assistant Photo credits: AFP My friend Naipei is a new mother. Her pregnancy was a time of great anticipation, much like any first-time mother. But when her baby...
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The Countdown regional initiative for West and Central Africa aims to strengthen evidence in support of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) programs through multi-country studies, to enhance...
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By Carol Gatura, Communications Officer, APHRC “We are pleased to inform you that your abstract was accepted as a Comms Talk Presentation for the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit.” These...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is pleased to announce the official registration of our West African office in Dakar, Senegal. The move to establish a permanent presence follows sixteen...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), an international, non-profit research organization envisions transforming lives in Africa through research. APHRC conducts policy-relevant research on population and health in Africa...
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This year – 2018 – marks 40 years since WHO and over 200 representatives of governments and international organizations committed themselves to Health for All. That promise – not yet...
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By Abdhalah Ziraba, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is high on the agenda as we celebrate World Health Day once again this year. Simply put, UHC is about...
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By Abdhalah Ziraba, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Flooding has affected households across Nairobi – even in the city’s high-end diplomatic enclaves. Its effects range. In addition to the deaths...
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By Estelle Sidze, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa One of the critical targets for countries that are trying to meet the sustainable development goals is reducing the number of...
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Deadline: May 15, 2018 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in partnership with Ipas, Guttmacher Institute, Gynuity Health Projects and Ibis Reproductive Health is pleased to announce a call...
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By Sheru Muuo, Research Officer, APHRC Humanitarian settings can be both a blessing and a curse to those fleeing conflict in their home countries. Kenya’s Dadaab is home to one of...
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By Lynette Kamau, Policy and Communications Officer, APHRC At about 8.30 am on December 5, 2017, we arrived in Torit town, Imotong State in South Sudan. It was my maiden trip...
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By Lauren Gelfand, Director of Policy Engagement and Communications, APHRC Despite myriad targets and 17 inter-related goals, the 2030 Sustainable Development agenda has, at its core, a single prevailing ambition: to...
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Financial cost of treating of unsafe abortion complications in public health facilities found to be overwhelming Nairobi, Kenya. (28 February, 2018): A nationwide study on the incidence of abortion in Kenya...
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By Hope Ogego, Research Intern, APHRC Many countries in Africa have passed regulations and restrictions associated with abortion, some of which permit it for socioeconomic reasons, and in some extreme cases...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is part of a major new research partnership that has been set up with a grant from Wellcome. The research aims to...
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For immediate release: February 5, 2018 For the second year in a row, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) has been ranked among the top think tanks worldwide by...
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By Dickson Amugsi via Conversation Africa Rapid urbanisation and associated changes in people’s lifestyle means Africa faces a growing obesity problem. Across the continent the share of the urban population is projected to...
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by Lauren Gelfand, Director of Policy Engagement and Communications It was a normal Tuesday morning. My alarm beeped at eight minutes after six, and as I do every morning, I reached...
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By Peterrock Muriuki, Research Assistant and Milkah Njeri, Research Assistant, APHRC Poor breastfeeding and infant feeding practices contribute to more than 10,000 deaths annually in Kenya. In 2002, the country began...
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via Anna Scott, The Guardian From tackling brain drain rhetoric to equipping local authorities and creating diaspora directories, we summarise the recommendations from our live chat: Sarah Rosengaertner, migration and development expert, United...
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December 7, 2017 – The second regional initiative was launched to generate evidence and strengthen country analytical capacity for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health at the African Population Health Research...
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via Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal Newborn and Child Health Child and maternal mortality rates in Uganda have significantly decreased during the MDG era but substantial challenges remain. The...
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By Dickson Amugsi and Blessing Mberu, APHRC, via Conversation Africa Nairobi’s new governor, Mike Sonko, has promised to rid Nairobi of its mountains of trash. The city, which is home to an...
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By Emilly Okello-Juma, Commmunications and Policy Officer, APHRC Poop. Shit. Feces. Small words – in any language – with unmatched potential to enable us engage all our senses. And not in the most positive...
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via The World Academy of Sciences APHRC’s Executive Director Emeritus Alex Ezeh has been announced as one of the 2018 TWAS Prize Winners. Ezeh was awarded the Social Sciences award for his...
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via Makerere University Centre of Excellence for Maternal and Newborn Child Health Child and maternal mortality rates in Uganda have significantly decreased during the MDG era but substantial challenges remain. The...
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A case for integrating Africa’s aging and demographic dividend agendas Download the position paper here. ...
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Adolescent health and education comprise an important cross-section of APHRC’s research and policy work, particularly in Kenya. Researchers and policy professionals from across the organization took leadership roles in the...
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By Hilda Owii, Research Officer, APHRC A growing number of Africans are experiencing an increase in life expectancy and survival to older ages. A longer old age, however, may involve not...
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via UN Habitat Despite an estimated one billion people around the world living in slums, many global data collection exercises including censuses do not track spatial distinctions of populations living in...
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This webinar recording from November 16, 2017 was a look at findings on how gender expectations shape early adolescence in Kenya, Malawi, and Nigeria. The webinar was based on a series of...
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Nearly two-thirds of the world’s population, or roughly 4.5 billion people, live without access to a household toilet that can safely dispose of waste. More than half of these people...
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APHRC is pleased to welcome Dr. Evelyn Gitau to the Center, to serve as the director of the Research Capacity Strengthening Division. Under Dr. Gitau’s direction, the division will continue...
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By Dofini Nankoita, Communications Director, ISSP, and APHRC Guest Blogger Translated from the original French by Lauren Gelfand, Director, Policy Engagement and Communications One year ago, Dr. Hermann Donfouet joined APHRC as...
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par Dofini Nankoita, Chargé de communication et de publication de l’ISSP Il a intégré l’équipe d’APHRC un an bientôt en qualité d’économiste de la santé. Lui, c’est le Dr Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet,...
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By Eunice Kilonzo, CARTA Communications Officer, APHRC The Lancet Commission on the future of health in Sub-Saharan Africa is an optimistic lot. A report launched on September 14 personifies this justified...
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By Lynette Kamau, Communications and Policy Officer, APHRC Myriam Sidibe is one of two people in the world with a doctorate in public health, focused on hand washing, which she attained...
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Researchers say 15-country investigation shows adolescent interventions should begin with preteens to avoid health risks of “gender straitjackets” that include abuse and suicide Washington, DC (September 20, 2017)—Whether you are child...
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By Lauren Gelfand, Director of Policy Engagement and Communications, APHRC Professor Peter Piot is a global public health legend. A microbiologist by training, Prof. Piot spent decades in Africa pursuing a...
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By Dr. Alex Ezeh, Prof. Nelson Sewankambo and Dr. Peter Piot via Conversation Africa There is huge diversity within and across the 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The challenges these countries...
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Via the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Researchers and practitioners gathered in Montreal on August 11, 2017 to discuss the potential of child care to benefit women through improved economic opportunities...
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By Kanyiva Muindi and Blessing Mberu, APHRC via Conversation Africa Air pollution is a visible problem in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The city’s poor air quality is evident in its congested streets...
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By Estelle Sidze, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa About 21 pregnant women die every day in Kenya due to complications from childbirth. That’s equivalent to two 10-seater commuter micro minibuses, known...
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By Carol Gatura, APHRC Spending less than US$5 a month on average per child for paid child care may seem like pocket change for many – but for a mother...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage and Milka Njeri, APHRC via Conversation Africa Mother’s milk has an enormous impact on child survival. While in Kenya it has improved over the past decade, the number of children who...
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By Lynette Kamau, APHRC Traditional values and practices that informed dietary choices in Africa are changing, in no small part because of the widespread and sustained population shift away from rural,...
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By Elizabeth Kimani, Research Scientist, APHRC, and Judith Kimiywe, Certified Nutrition Specialist in the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Dietetics, Kenyatta University via The Conversation Africa There’s a growing global recognition...
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The African Population and Health Research Center’s Board of Directors announced today that Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, distinguished epidemiologist and research leader, has been selected as the organization’s next Executive Director. ...
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By Carol Gatura and Estelle Sidze, APHRC What happens when you get a group of teenagers together to talk about sex? You find that they know a lot more – and...
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Juliet Nyambura remembers the day she lost her job as though it were yesterday. She remembers the fear over what would happen to her family without her income, and she...
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By Tizta Tilahun, Post-doctoral Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Family planning improves child survival and reduces maternal deaths. But the uptake of family planning in Africa is only 33%, nearly half the...
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By Hilda Akinyi and Agnes Nanyonjo, APHRC via Conversation Africa Pockets of Kenya are affected by harsh drought. About 4 million people in the country face hunger, starvation, malnutrition and possible death. North eastern and...
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By Benta Abuya, Senior Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Eight years of research in low-income neighbourhoods of Nairobi have opened my eyes to the significant role of school, family and...
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This webinar recording from June 2017 has three parts: Data for decision-making to harness a demographic dividend in Kenya’s counties – Benedict Orindi (more information is available in the report) At the...
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By Catherine Asego and Benta Abuya, APHRC via Daily Nation As the world commemorates the Day of the African Child today, it is worth reflecting on how we can ensure that...
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by Blessing Mberu, Head of Urbanization and Wellbeing and Kanyiva Muindi, Research Officer, APHRC, via Conversation Africa Globally, there’s a general decline in the number of women who die from pregnancy...
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By Estelle Sidze, APHRC and Melissa Stillman, Guttmacher Institute via Conversation Africa Imagine giving Kenyan students something that has been proven to help them make healthy informed choices about their sexual...
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By Estelle Sidze, APHRC and Melissa Stillman, Guttmacher Institute via Daily Nation Imagine there is something you can give to Kenyan students to help them make healthy informed choices about their...
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Young Kenyans Misinformed About Sex and Sexuality Nearly one in four Kenyan secondary school students in Homa Bay, Mombasa and Nairobi counties thinks that using a condom during sexual activity is...
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By Alex Ezeh -As part of his proposed first budget, US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut US aid to levels not seen since the 1970s and 1990s. This could...
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As part of his proposed first budget, US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut US aid to levels not seen since the 1970s and 1990s. This could have a...
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By Benta Abuya, via The Conversation Africa Every child and parent in Kenya knows all too well that grades matter. During the final year of primary school, pupils sit to write...
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By Kevin Sieff, via The Washington Post One of President Trump’s first foreign policy decisions is set to affect some of the world’s poorest people: women seeking health services in places...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is implementing a project that aims to improve and expand implementation and resourcing of national sanitation policies in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda,...
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By Alex Omari via The Standard A mother carrying her child Policy decisions made in the USA can have far-reaching consequences. Find out what impact the Global Gag Rule will have on...
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http://aphrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/STEP-UP-FINAL.mp4 ...
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For immediate release: January 27, 2017 APHRC INCLUDED IN 2016 LIST OF TOP GLOBAL THINK TANKS Commitments to global and domestic health policy cited as part of ranking The African Population and Health...
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25 January 2017 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Kenya and the Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative in Nigeria are among the very first organizations in Africa to begin use of...
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For immediate release: January 27, 2017 APHRC included in 2016 list of top global think tanks Commitments to global and domestic health policy cited as part of ranking The African Population and Health...
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by Danielle Doughman, Policy Outreach Manager APHRC has long been involved in efforts to improve data for African development, even before the term “data revolution” was coined in 2014. According to...
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By Lennox Yieke, via Daily Nation Urban slums have through the years acquired the chilling reputation of being some of the roughest places to live in, and this is the uncomfortable...
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By Verah Okeyo, via Daily Nation For as long as she can remember, Marina’s friends have been sexually violated within the sprawl of Mlango Kubwa in Nairobi. The wails and tears...
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As part of efforts to increase capacity to conduct research within the Population, Health and Environment (PHE) field, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with Pathfinder...
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http://aphrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Shaking-Up-The-Boys-Club-In-Rwanda-1-1.mp4 One woman’s determination to help others heal is redefining the doctor visit: Meet one of the first female surgeons in the African country. Source: CNN ...
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A decade on from a first gathering of sexual and reproductive health and rights experts in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital was again host to a ten-year look back at...
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By Catherine Asego and Benta Abuya Melody Moraa is a 14-year-old girl from Kibra constituency, who has cerebral palsy: a condition that affects muscle tone, movement and motor skills. She has...
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Boy meets girl. In our fast-paced world, they go through the motions and in an unlucky twist of fate, a child is conceived. Problem is, boy and girl are students...
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Nairobi has a serious planning and housing problem, evident in the profusion of widespread informal settlements that are home to approximately 60% of the city’s population. There are few basic...
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By Michelle Galloway via STIAS Individual knowledge is not enough – macro-level policies and interventions are needed in urban poor settings in Africa. “Despite high awareness, only a small proportion of mothers...
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By Tilahun Haregu and Peninah Masibo, APHRC via Conversation Africa Non-communicable diseases are often described as lifestyle diseases because they are associated with the excesses of an ageing or privileged population....
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By Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo and Njora Hungi, APHRC via Conversation Africa A child’s brain develops rapidly during the first five years of life. In this time it is exposed to countless stimuli...
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By Tilahun Haregu, Shukri Mohamed, Peninah Masibo, APHRC Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were once described as lifestyle diseases: the problems of an aging or privileged population arising from excess. Not anymore. These days,...
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By Hilda Akinyi, Research Officer, APHRC During my first few months working in the Aging and Development Research Program at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), I was sometimes...
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By Lauren Gelfand, Director of Policy Engagement and Communications, APHRC In late August, APHRC had the privilege of participating in a two-day symposium bringing together some of the audacious, inspiring and...
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By Donatien Beguy, Head of Statistics and Surveys Unit, APHRC via Conversation Africa African policy makers are increasingly called on to use evidence-based research to inform development decisions. But this requires...
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By Benta Abuya and Nelson Muhia, APHRC via Conversation Africa Ongoing student unrest in Kenya has seen at least 100 schools set alight. Many have been closed, with 6,000 students thought...
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By Amos Thairu, Data Analyst, APHRC I participated in the tenth annual R User Conference on June 27-30 at Stanford University in California. R is a free software environment for statistical...
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By Ouma Wanzala, via Daily Nation Support given to primary school girls in slum areas by mentors and parents after school time can improve their performance and increase transition to secondary...
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By Peter Ngure, CARTA Program Manager, APHRC via Conversation Africa A Doctor of Philosophy, which most people know as a PhD, is the highest academic accolade. It demands a substantial investment...
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By Moses Ngware, Senior Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Naisiae⁺ is 15 years old. She belongs to Kenya’s Maasai tribe, is the first born in a family of six and...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have signed a cooperation agreement to address issues of migration and health. The two are...
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by Abdhalah Ziraba, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) adopted in 2000 formed a time-bound global blueprint to set a course for improved health, economic growth and education...
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By Midanna de Almada, Intern, APHRC What happens when you ask mothers from an informal urban settlement to take photos to answer ‘how does child care affect your work’ and ‘what...
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via The Star, Kenya First Lady Margaret Kenyatta wants the next African Conference on Sexual Health Rights (ACSHR) held in Kenya in 2020. The conference is held every four years and Kenya last...
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By Nicholas Ngomi, Research Officer, APHRC via Conversation Africa Genomic research has proven to be a considerably valuable tool in global attempts to tackle disease. One crucial part of this research has...
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short film based in the Nairobi slums of Viwandani and Korogocho.____[caption id="attachment_7080" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
Senior Chief Omache Nyabuto welcomes participants in Korogocho[/caption]____The film followed a young mother from Viwandani and a health worker in Korogocho and explored some of the ways youth in urban slums are finding solutions to the problems of early pregnancy, accessing facilities that aren’t geared to youth, and the difficulty in finding straight answers to questions about sexuality and reproductive health.____We wanted to see if we captured the realities of the communities so we went back to listen. More than 100 parents, teachers and young people themselves came to watch the film and then join an informal discussion: a format that one mother said after the Viwandani screening gave her new ideas for how to talk to her teenagers at home about a topic that can be equal parts embarassing, uncomfortable and full of misinformation.____[caption id="attachment_7081" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
The author facilitates discussions in Korogocho[/caption]____The discussions, which were moderated by APHRC’s partners in the two communities – U-Tena in Viwandani and Miss Koch in Korogocho – were lively, honest, respectful and solutions-oriented, drawing on experiences and lessons, highlighting the way of life in these slums.____Things are improving, according to many of the young people, both male and female, who say they find it easier to find family planning and to see health care providers. But some facilities are better than others, and some providers are more sympathetic and easier to talk to. Plus, the cost of the longer-acting methods of contraception remains out of reach for many.____[caption id="attachment_7082" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
A peer educator in Viwandani talks about mentorship of young boys in the slum[/caption]____The disconnect between availability and desirability is wide. Free services and free supplies are offered through outreach sessions at churches or schools: the exact wrong place for reaching the young people most in need of those supplies. Short-term contraceptive methods, like condoms and pills, need to be more readily available in hard-to-reach parts of the slums. In Korogocho, the idea of a youth center, where young people can gather after school, which hosts a small clinic or space for sexual and reproductive health counseling, was mentioned repeatedly and wistfully by many participants.____[caption id="attachment_7083" align="alignleft" width="300"]
"We have little time to teach life skills since our schedules are focused on examinable subjects." this teacher from Korogocho said.[/caption]____For the teachers who attended the screening, it was not so much the lack of interest in teaching life skills: on the contrary. How they might fit the soft skills into a day packed with classes subject to rigorous examination – and when they could find the time to develop another set of teaching materials – represents a major challenge. Some teachers try their best to mentor students outside of the classroom, and provide answers to questions about sexuality – even if they don’t consider this to be part of their jobs. Instead, many say, they feel that parents are abdicating their own responsibilities for teaching their children about sex. Meanwhile parents are worried they don’t have the tools and knowledge to be an authoritative voice about sexuality.____Parents need to stop spreading the abstinence gospel and be real with us about sex, one young girl from Korogocho said. The need for real talk on menstrual knowledge, reproductive health and sex from parents was reiterated.____[caption id="attachment_7084" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
"Parental counseling has helped me talk to my daughters about sex." this mother from Viwandani said.[/caption]____It was clear from the brief discussions, then, that bringing parents and teachers together to develop a common strategy or language could be one effective way to reach young people with straight, age-appropriate talk about sexual education. Rather than have children pick up rice grains outside when their parents are having sex.____[caption id="attachment_7085" align="aligncenter" width="300"]
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By Stella Muthuri, Post-doctoral Fellow, APHRC via K4Health Blog I was invited to participate in the Knowledge Management for Health Share Fair held in Arusha, Tanzania between April 13th and 15th....
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By Stella Muthuri – Post-Doctoral Fellow, APHRC As a researcher with particular interest in childhood overweight/obesity and the role of physical activity in preventing or controlling it, I find it puzzling that,...
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By Catherine Kyobutungi, Director of Research, APHRC, via Conversation Africa More than 90% of Kenyans consume less than five servings of fruits and vegetables on most days. Nearly a quarter always...
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By Djesika Amendah – Associate Research Scientist Evidence-based policy is the latest fashionable imperative in the development world, particularly in the health sector. It requires health policies to be based on...
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By Danielle Doughman, Policy Outreach Manager, APHRC The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s Board passed its new strategy for the period 2017-2022 yesterday in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire during...
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By Nicholas Ngomi, Research Officer, APHRC The use and overuse of both legal and illegal substances is becoming a chronic health concern in Kenya as in most countries around the world....
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By Benta Abuya, Research Scientist and Catherine Asego, Working Groups Coordinator, APHRC via Standard Digital For girls like 13-year-old Sarah Mutie Wayua, who lives in Korogocho — one of Nairobi’s toughest...
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By Catherine Kyobutungi, Director of Research, APHRC In 2015, a state of panic gripped Kenya after the country’s lone functioning radiotherapy machine broke down, leaving hundreds of cancer patients without access...
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African research teams in Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda have been awarded significant support to conduct world-class health research and train the future generation of the continent’s scientists. The Wellcome...
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Although researchers in Kenya seek to influence social protection policies and programmes with the knowledge that they generate, they face challenges ensuring that policy-makers use their evidence. The proposed solution is...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Maternity leave for women in developing countries is still a massive problem, with many women in informal sectors not receiving adequate cover. More...
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By Stella Muthuri, Post-doctoral fellow, APHRC via Conversation Africa Women’s economic empowerment hinges on the assurance that quality and affordable child care is available so that they can go about the...
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By Chimaraoke Izugbara and Michael Mutua, APHRC, via Conversation Africa In many parts of the world, family planning is still considered a woman’s responsibility. This has prevented men from being more...
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By Benta Abuya, Research Scientist, APHRC via Daily Nation For two days in February, I was privileged to lend a hand to 139 girls from Nairobi’s Viwandani and Korogocho slums. These...
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by Danielle Doughman, Policy Outreach Manager, APHRC A revolution starts with a small, beautiful idea that ignites the imaginations and inspires action to a bold, new future. The vision: strong national...
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By Dr. Samuel Oti, Senior Research Officer, APHRC via Conversation Africa Scientific evidence shows that consuming at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day can prolong your life and...
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By Lauren Gelfand, Policy Engagement and Communications Director, APHRC Urban growth across Africa is estimated at more than 3.5 percent annually – a large proportion of which is occurring in slum...
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Nairobi, Kenya, February 5, 2016 – On 4-5 February, the African Population and Health Research Center helped 139 girls in Nairobi slums open the door to a better future. These...
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By Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Demographer-Statistician, APHRC Demographers and development professionals sometimes find themselves on opposite sides of the debate about the move across Africa towards urbanization. On one hand, there are...
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By Estelle Sidze, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC I am a social scientist, trained as a demographer, who has developed a particular interest in reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa. I crunch numbers,...
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http://aphrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Youth-Voices-Global-Early-Adolescent-Study-1.compressed.mp4 ...
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By Samuel Oti, Senior Research Officer, APHRC As a public health specialist I have always been a strong advocate of healthy eating. By healthy I mean consuming more fruits and vegetables,...
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By Obadia Miroro, via INCLUDE The research consortium on the ‘Cost-effectiveness of free healthcare versus private health insurance in Kenya’organized stakeholder forums on 16 and 17 September 2015 in Nairobi and...
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As part of efforts to increase capacity to conduct research on GBV/VAWG in the continent, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the London School of...
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As part of efforts to increase capacity to conduct research within the Population, Health and the Environment (PHE) field, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with...
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The African Population and Health Research Center, Inc. (APHRC Inc.) is pleased to announce that it has been cleared of all allegations of impropriety made by the NGOs Coordination Board and disseminated in...
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By Steve Baragona, Voice of America The next superbug could emerge from the slums of the developing world, researchers warn. Rapid, unplanned growth in many urban areas has people, livestock and wildlife...
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By Alex Ezeh, Executive Director, APHRC via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists There are those who perceive any effort to limit population growth as “population control.” This is a term that...
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By Djesika Amendah, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Since January 2015, how much has your family spent on healthcare? By healthcare, I mean direct medical costs expended on consultation fees, inpatient care,...
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By Carol Wainaina Wangui, Research Assistant, APHRC The early days of having a newborn are fraught, anxious times for any parent, no matter how experienced they may be. Whether the concerns...
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by Danielle Doughman, Policy Outreach Manager, APHRC Non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, are illnesses or conditions including cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity that progress slowly over time, and are increasingly...
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By Magdalene Wanja, via Daily Nation The current education curriculum is outdated and needs urgent overhaul, education PS Belio Kipsang has said. The Ministry of Education is paying keen attention to how...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program, APHRC via Standard Digital News Kenya’s next generation could be the best educated in our history. It is within our reach, and we...
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Global Early Adolescent Study Video Competition The Global Early Adolescent Study (GEAS) spans 15 countries on 5 continents– in Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe* –with the goal of understanding the...
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By Prof. Loice Maru, Moi University, Dr. Uzziah Maate Kiriaghe, Uganda Christian University, Silas Maiyo, The Co-operative University College of Kenya Research ethics and quality assurance are issues of growing concern in our universities...
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By Sophie Cousins, via NPR If you’ve ever been vaccinated, you may have seen the nurse head out of the room to go to the refrigerator to retrieve your injection. That’s...
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By Nicholas Ngomi, Research Officer, APHRC More than 1.4 billion people in resource-poor communities are afflicted by tropical diseases annually, and yet they never hit the headlines. These neglected diseases, and...
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By Gilbert Nakweya and Sam Otieno, via SciDev.Net Experts are urging African countries to carry out policy reforms to achieve planetary health by taking into account human health and the natural...
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Join the Kenya Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), RTI International, Twaweza, and the Women Education...
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By Pauline Okoth, SciDev Writer, via SciDev.Net I witnessed the launch of the 2015 Global Nutrition Report last month (28 October) and after perusing it, I discovered that it has neglected...
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By Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist, APHRC via GEAS Newsletter While adolescence is a much-studied period of life, we know relatively little about how very young adolescents aged 10-14 years navigate the transition from...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Research Scientist, APHRC via The Conversation Africa One in every three people globally suffers from malnutrition. And nearly half of all countries in the world face multiple serious...
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The African Population and Health Research Center, Inc. (APHRC Inc.) would like to categorically deny allegations of financial impropriety being made by the NGOs Coordination Board and disseminated in broadcast...
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By Justus Olielo, Population Council, Reproductive Health Program Introduction Delaying sexual debut has proven life time benefits. On the contrary, early sexual intercourse has been positively associated with negative consequences. This...
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By Noushin Islam, Research Investigator at icddr,b-Bangladesh Introduction Unsafe clandestine abortion persists in Bangladesh. In 2010 in Bangladesh, 646,600 induced abortions were performed (Singh et al., 2012) where 572,000 were unsafe abortions that...
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By Benta Abuya, Research Scientist, APHRC When Riziki was just 13, a door was opened to her. Born and raised in the Viwandani slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Riziki was...
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Community-based Family Planning Services Delivery: Lessons Challenges and Sustainability Wednesday, January 27, 2016 7:00am – 8:20am Legian 2, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Indonesia APHRC, Great Lakes University, Marie Stopes Kenya, Christian Health Association of...
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Lessons from the South Tuesday, January 26, 2015 6:00pm – 7:30pm Kintamani 5, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, Indonesia APHRC and STEP UP invite you to a session of...
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By Chimaraoke Izugbara, Head of Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health, APHRC via Conversation Africa Globally, the health community has recognised the importance of contraception in reducing the burden of unplanned pregnancies,...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce the ninth call for applications for the African Doctoral...
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By Alfred Kibor, Egerton University; Josephat Nyagero, AMREF Health Africa; and Ngigi Anastasiah, Multimedia University. The development of any country is very much dependent on research and innovations. Kenya’s Vision 2030...
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By Nelson Muhia, Research Assistant, APHRC The Education Research Program at APHRC in collaboration with the Iganga Mayuge Demographic and Health Surveillance System (IMHDSS) in Uganda recently held a report validation...
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APHRC brings the young and old together in Nairobi to discuss inter-generational issues Bringing together youth aged between 20 and 35 and older people aged from 60 to over 80, the...
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By Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist, APHRC via The Conversation Africa In Kenya one in every five girls between 15 and 19 is either pregnant or already a mother. Another study shows...
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By Samuel Oti, Senior Research Officer, APHRC via Conversation Africa For many African countries and especially among poorer communities, when people die there is no trace in any official legal record...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program, APHRC via Conversation Africa There is a new brand of educational entrepreneur emerging in Nairobi’s slums: privately owned and run schools that promise...
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By Prof. David Ngaruiya-International Leadership University, Dr. Shiprah Kuria, AMREF Health Africa and Dr. Martha Kiarie-Daystar University Africa prides herself in as much as it towers above the rest of planet...
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By Namuunda Mutombo, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Half of Mozambique’s population which is aged below 25 years, is characterized by early marriage and childbearing. Mozambique’s youth have limited knowledge, skills, and...
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By Maurice Mutisya, Data Analyst, APHRC I recently met my longtime friend Kidizz, after quite a long time. I first met him back in 2004, when I was just fresh from college,...
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By Isabel Pike, Research Intern, APHRC A few children looked up sleepily as I entered a daycare center in Korogocho. Other children remained fast asleep – some with their heads on...
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Despite reports of early pregnancies in Kenya, a recent report shows there are low rates of early marriage and childbearing in Kibera and Wajir. The Adolescent Girls Initiative Kenya (AGI-K)...
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Global recognition of the importance of contraception in development is growing. The SDGs, which will soon supplant the MDGs as a global strategy for eradicating absolute poverty, explicitly underscore planned...
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By Loise Ochanda (IDRC), Prof. Gonzo Manyasi (Great Lakes University, Kenya) and Mr. Hamilton Mbokureeba (Uganda Christian University) During a training on Research Governance and Management organized by the African Population...
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By Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist, APHRC Adolescent sexual behavior has been the subject of a number of recent discussions in Kenyan print and social media. Many of these discussions have centered...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program, APHRC via Daily Nation Is education a public good and can it be sold at the market place using the “willing seller willing buyer” principle? Did you...
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By Ruth Alexander via BBC World Service The UN forecasts that the number of people living in Africa will double in the next 35 years. Nigeria, the fastest-growing nation, is expected...
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By Collins Ouma, Head of Health Challenges and Systems, APHRC via the Conversation Africa With more than 200 million cases recorded across the globe each year and half the world’s population...
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By Dorcas Odhiambo, via SciDevNet Men and women with partners who live in the same households, irrespective of whether married or not, have a lower risk of death than those who...
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Whereas some slum areas in Nairobi continue to receive attention from donor organizations and the government, communities living in similar conditions in Nairobi’s central division seem to have fallen in...
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The use of solar energy in households, access to health services such as immunization and antenatal care, and proper drainage and sanitation systems in Nairobi, are plausible solutions to slum...
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By Shem Mambe, Field Supervisor, APHRC Isn’t it a village feat to see girls thrive in academics and society? More so when the odds are against them, such as in slum...
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By Nicholas Ngomi – Research Officer, APHRC The announcement that the the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2015 was to be held in Kenya, the first time ever in sub-Saharan Africa, boosted...
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*Lisa, a Form 2 student went to Mbagathi District Hospital in Nairobi in excruciating pain, with her parents in tow. She was attended to at the general casualty unit, and...
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By Milka Njeri – Research Assistant, APHRC Breastfeeding is a call of nature and the mother and the child need to respond to this call in the most appropriate way possible....
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By Winston Muga, Research Assistant, APHRC Excessive alcohol consumption is influenced by factors in the social environment which could be situational and/or interpersonal. In Kenya, the problem is rampant in all...
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By Elizabeth Kimani Murage, Research Scientist, APHRC The theme of this year’s (2015) World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is “ Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s make it work” with a call to...
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By Frederick Wekesah, Research Officer, APHRC The Reproductive Health Bill of 2014 proposed by nominated Senator Judith Sijeny seeks to constitutionalize the rights of adolescents to confidential, comprehensive, non-judgmental and affordable...
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By Elizabeth Kimani Murage, Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Breastfeeding has both short-term and long-term nutritional benefits for children. Nutrition is central to sustainable development. Good nutrition in the first...
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By Carol Gatura, Communications Officer, APHRC Primary and secondary head teachers in Nairobi are important ambassadors when it comes to implementation of the national school health policy. However, only 15 percent...
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The need for African leaders to invest in policy relevant research was the message that resonated with invitees at APHRC’s recent dinner celebration. The dinner was held at Serena Hotel, Nairobi, following...
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By Nicholas Ngomi, Research Officer, APHRC For the last 15 years following the agreement of the MDGs by 193 countries through a pledge by their presidents to uphold the principles of...
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During a recent field visit in a remote rural area in Kenya, I had the opportunity to meet and talk with John and Naomi, two amazing and resilient people. John lost...
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By Mphatso Kamndaya and Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist, APHRC via Conversation Africa Transactional sex, or the exchange of sex for money or other material goods, is one of the drivers behind the...
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By Peterrock Muriuki, Research Assistant, APHRC You’ve definitely heard many stories of adults who picked up a certain trade from their parents through the generational passage of indigenous knowledge and practices....
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By Frederick Wekesah, Research Officer, APHRC via Daily Nation I have been keenly following the debate on the Managed Equipment Services programme rolled out by the Kenyan government. According to Asteral, a company...
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By Frederick Wekesah, Research Officer, APHRC Healthcare provision and management in Kenya has been dragged to the dogs! With long-standing feuds on salary delays and unequal pay, lack of facilities and...
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From a recent study by APHRC and the Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Uganda) public schools were found to outnumber private ones in rural areas, but private schools...
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By Richard Eisenberg, Forbes You probably know that the world is growing older due to a combination of declining fertility and longer lives. But chances are, four things you think you...
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Via UNFPA UNITED NATIONS, New York – The United Nations honoured Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), recipients of the 2015 United Nations Population Award,...
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via icddr,b Post-2015 urban health challenges like inclusion, equity and sustainability should be addressed through multi-sectoral action including public-private partnerships, experts say The inclusion of Sustainable Development Goal 11 in the post-2015 agenda—to make...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) has won the 2015 United Nations Population Award. The award, established in 1981, is given annually by the United Nations Population Fund...
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By Carol Wangui Wainaina – Intern, APHRC Recently I attended a mother’s day at my kid’s school and I learnt that the definition of a mother is no longer only the one...
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By Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist, APHRC via Research Watch Adolescence is a period marked by rapid physical, emotional and social changes. If young people receive adequate guidance and support, adolescence can...
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By Yazid Yolisigira, via Daily Monitor A new study carried out to assess the quality of education in the districts of Mayuge and Iganga has revealed that cases of teachers and pupils...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Research Scientist, APHRC Dr. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage “Publish or perish” is a commonly used phrase in the academic circles, though it originated from non-academic circles. For academic excellence, one must...
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By Kanyiva Muindi- Research Officer, APHRC Each of us has a dream Realizing it is a prize worth the struggle We must make the planet The best place to realize these dreams! Seven billion of...
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Deadline: August 31st, 2015 | Date limite: 31 Août 2015 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a...
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By Otiato Guguyu, via Daily Nation A delay in vaccinating children against tuberculosis in slums is reducing the effectiveness of the vaccine, according to a new research. The study published by the...
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By Alex Ezeh, Executive Director, APHRC African voices have been missing from the health and development discourse for too long. When APHRC’s Director of Research, Catherine Kyobutungi recently shared Y. Claire Wang’s commentary from the...
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APHRC’s Acting Executive Director and Director of Research, Catherine Kyobutungi tells us about her life, work and passion for people. Follow her on Twitter @CKyobutungi 1. When did you come to Kenya? Almost...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Every young research scientist has a dream of becoming a top-notch research scientist, of achieving professional excellence, and of being a renowned expert! But...
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By Carol Wangui Wainaina, Intern, APHRC The weather on this particular Saturday looked so gloomy, like the heavens were just about to open up and I remember thinking, “Please, do not let...
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By Juma Kwayera, via Standard Digital Although it is largely unstated truism, teachers in formative stages of education possess some influence on their pupils. But assessment of the teachers demonstrate that a...
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By Michelle Galloway, via SciBraai Urbanisation has a huge impact on health in South Africa if one considers that, according to a 2012 UNICEF report, South Africa is the most urbanised...
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By Peace Loise Mbae, via Standard Digital People who move to the cities are exposed to more health risks as compared to those living in rural areas, African Population and Health...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program via Daily Nation Would you board an aeroplane if you knew that the pilot did not pass his flying classes? Or accept to be...
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By Juma Kwayera, via The Standard Government’s inability to match growing demand for education with human resource and infrastructure development is gradually eroding the impact triggered by the Free Education Programme (FPE)...
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By Samuel Oti, Senior Research Officer, Steven van de Vijver, Associate Fellow and Isabella Aboderin, Head of Aging and Development Program, APHRC “Having a broken heart is awful—having a real broken...
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By Sci Dev Net African countries could benefit from routine immunisation with an effective and safe meningitis – A vaccine for infants younger than a year old following its approval by...
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By Carol Gatura, Communications Officer, APHRC Contraceptive use in Nyanza and Western provinces in the Western region of Kenya was low before 2008, which led to a stall in decline in...
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Just before the Partnership Forum in Addis Ababa last week, more than 100 people from 46 implementing countries in Africa met to discuss how to strengthen their engagement on the...
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By Eunice Kilonzo, Daily Nation High blood pressure, commonly associated with adults, is slowly creeping up on children. And the triggers are inactive lifestyles and fatty diets, as well as exposure to...
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By Daily Graphic INDEPTH Network has called for global commitment and investment in order to win the fight against malaria. A statement issued by the network in Accra, signed by the Executive...
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“Research has helped me change my perspective on implementation of policies surrounding Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN).” explains Betty Samburu, a program manager at the Unit of Nutrition...
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By Collins Ouma, Head of Health Challenges and Systems Program, APHRC via Daily Nation To date, malaria still occurs in over 100 countries worldwide, with an estimated annual cases of over...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program, APHRC via Daily Nation Take yourself back to your school days. You’re in class and the teacher fails to show up. What’s your immediate...
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By Channel Africa Radio The African Population and Health Research Center, APHRC, based in Kenya, has won the 2015 United Nations Population Award. Established in 1981, the award is given to...
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By Natasha Gilbert, SciDev.Net African governments should work with development donors to fund the collection of a wider and better range of social and economic data, a meeting on the quality...
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By David Carr, Wellcome Trust Over recent years, there has been a growing consensus that many of the increasingly rich and complex datasets being generated from health research represent a vast untapped...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) has won the 2015 United Nations Population Award. The award, established in 1981, is given annually to individuals and institutions for exceptional...
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By Peter Ngure, Program Manager, CARTA via Daily Nation African nations continue to grapple with the acute shortage of PhDs. For example, South Africa produces 1,300 PhDs every year and yet the...
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African Ministers of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development have adopted a set of principles to power the data revolution on the continent for sustainable development, during a high – level...
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By IPAS In Kenya, unsafe abortion has long been recognized as a leading cause of death and injury to women—deaths and injuries that are preventable. Under the new Kenyan constitution, induced...
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Prof. Collins Ouma and Prof. Peter Ngure both from the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) made it to the list of top 100 scientists working in Kenyan institutions....
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC In many societies particularly in Africa, the role of older women or grandmothers as managers of indigenous knowledge in infant and young child feeding and...
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By Caroline Wangui Wainaina, Intern, APHRC Breastfeeding practice has been attributed to the well being of newborns and infants with studies showing long term effects of breastfeeding on child’s health (Koletzko...
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By Nelson Muhia, Research Assistant, APHRC The birth of a baby has profound effects on any mother. They are gripped with a strong desire to hold the baby, keep it warm, safe and...
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By Hilary Heuler, Voice of America NAIROBI, KENYA— In a health clinic in Mathare, one of Nairobi’s roughest slums, families fill the waiting room. Here, the charity German Doctors runs a...
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By Professor Richard Lilford, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands News Blog The National Institute for Health research (NIHR) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care for West Midlands (CLAHRC-WM) Director has...
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By Verah Okeyo, Daily Nation The air residents of Nairobi breathe is poisonous and can cause serious ailments including heart and lung diseases as well as cancer, a study has revealed. The...
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The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) conference explores an imagined future where education is a moral enterprise that develops and shapes minds to embrace humanism that is inseparable from...
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The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) officially opened two parallel training sessions for its Cohort 2 and Cohort 5 Fellows at the Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya...
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Disadvantaged girls from Nairobi’s Viwandani and Korogocho informal settlement communities who participated in the ‘Improving learning outcomes and transition to secondary school’ project recorded good results in their 2013 and...
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By Benta A. Abuya, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Fifty percent of the world’s out-of-school children live in communities where the language of schooling is rarely, if ever, used at home. This presents...
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By Joyce Chimbi, The Star Online When the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results were released in 2013, Teresa Ngure had secured direct admission to one of the public universities. “I was...
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Reposted from Nairobi Planning Innovations An Interview with Public Health Expert Kanyiva Muindi Nairobi, like many of the world’s cities, is facing a growing problem of air pollution which can have very...
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By Moses Ngware, Head of Education Research Program, APHRC Did you know that teacher Potpal is back to teaching?! Just to remind you who he is, teacher Potpal is a very...
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By Benta Abuya, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Parents in Kenya have been in a dilemma since the release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results for their children who wrote...
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For Africa to address the rising burden of diseases and ensure healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages as proposed in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3, strong public...
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By Gerald Mahuro, Research Officer, APHRC Eastern Uganda’s Iganga and Mayuge districts are home to the Iganga Mayuge Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (IMHDSS). The IMHDSS is 120 kilometres–or a 2.5 hours’...
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In November, the World Bank Group Kenya country office launched its Community Connections Campaign (CCC) with an auction that saw its staff outbid each other enthusiastically. This year’s CCC will...
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Prof. Collins Ouma joined the Center on December 1, 2014, as Research Scientist and Program Leader of the Health Challenges and Systems (HCS) Research Program. Prof. Ouma takes this role...
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Deadline: January 15, 2016 / Date limite: 15 janvier 2016 Deadline: January 15, 2016 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre...
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Deadline: August 31st, 2015 | Date limite: 31 Août 2015 The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a...
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Deadline: January 15th, 2015 | Date limite: 15 Janvier 2015 The application form below and supporting documents must be filled and submitted via email at 2015addrf@aphrc.org | Le formulaire de demande et les...
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On November 20, 2014, Dr. Alex Ezeh officially announced the appointment of Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi as the Director of Research at the Center. In an email that was circulated to...
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A consortium of nations, organizations, researchers, and academics have released the first-ever comprehensive narrative on global health and country-level progress toward reducing malnutrition across the globe. The Global Nutrition Report (GNR)...
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By Shawn Donnan via Financial Times We are living through the era of Big Data with all its promises and consequences. But is the world also splitting into the data “haves” and...
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As part of the Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa research program, launched in May 2014, Eastern and Western Africa Health Policy Research Organizations (HPROs) have been selected...
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APHRC researchers have published several papers in a special issue of the journal ‘Global Health Action’, which is fully open access. The unique collection focuses on cause specific mortality and verbal...
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Guest post by Anrudh K. Jain, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar, The Population Council. First published on www.champions4choice.org Family planning (FP) programs in developing countries have been experiencing a phenomenon that I like to call “the leaking...
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allAfrica.com – Online October 15, 2014 The key to Africa’s progress relies on policies informed by reliable and timely data. Reliable and accessible data is of paramount importance to assure good governance...
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In a continent that is often described as ‘youthful’ it is easy to forget that Africa has a growing and influential population of older persons that has not perhaps received...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) officially handed over the second ambulance to the Makadara Sub-County on the 18th of September 2014. The ceremony was officiated by Nairobi...
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National Public Radio – Online September 14, 2014By Gregory Warner Some blame witchcraft. Others think it’s a bad batch of moonshine. But Esther Okaya, who lives in Korogocho, a slum in Nairobi, Kenya,...
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By Kajuju Kiogora Via Daily Nation The dominant debate in education circles this week revolved around the just released report on the performance of pupils in last year’s Kenya Certificate of...
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By Mwaura Samora, Via The Standard Kenya is still grappling with the affliction of ignorance, disease and poverty 50-plus years after independence. Those living 100 metres below the poverty line in...
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The Nairobi County Executive Member for Health, Dr. Timothy King’ondu has urged the national government to invest in public-private partnerships to save our mothers. Speaking during the launch of the...
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The Guardian Global Development Professional Network hosted an online debate on the 28th August 2014 from 3pm – 6pm local time. The debate titled ‘how can we drive health innovation...
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Since 2007, more than 50% of the world‘s population is urban and in SSA, urban population is currently 37%, but estimated to grow to over 60% by 2050. Cities are...
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The Nairobi Cross-sectional Slum Survey for 2012 reported that people residing in slums in Nairobi lack drinking water and proper drainage system. LIFESTYLES has the story. Video provided by Xinhua News Agency...
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A new study has shown improvements in the living conditions of Nairobi’s slum dwellers, while pointing out emerging challenges and areas of focus. The report, known as the Population and Health...
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Data revolutionaries around the world (myself included) are using every forum possible to call for more and better data that is disaggregated, produced more frequently, more open, and more useable....
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The Joint Advanced Seminar 3 (JAS-3) for Cohort 2 of the Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) fellows kicked off on the 4th of August 2014 at the...
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This week is the World Breastfeeding Week and APHRC through the Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) research team will be celebrating, promoting and supporting the importance of breastfeeding...
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‘A healthy nation is a wealthy nation’ this quote emphasizes the critical role that health and wellbeing plays in a country’s human and economic growth and development. Optimal nutrition in...
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Breast milk remains the most important food for new born babies. It contains various nutrients and protective components for the baby’s optimal growth. Breastfeeding therefore offers numerous benefits to the...
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Participants at the global meeting on the Thematic Consultation on Education in the post-2015 development agenda held March 2013 in Dakar, Senegal underscored the importance of education as a human...
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By Elizabeth Kimani, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC When one thinks of malnutrition in Kenya or any other African country, what usually comes to mind is stunting, underweight, wasting, and possibly micronutrient...
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The APHRC family wishes to send our sincere condolences to the family and colleagues of Professor Joep Lange who died in the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 17 that crashed in...
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Over 200 people from Korogocho gathered at the Chief’s Camp on Tuesday the 24th of June to witness the launch of the Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PAMANECH)...
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The introduction Adolescence in girls has been recognized as a special period which signifies the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Importance is attached to this phase of life because many key...
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By Pamela Juma, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Reducing child deaths has been one of the key priorities in the health care system. Some progress had been made in addressing the child...
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The Microdata portal is a web-based platform designed to publish metadata and documentation, and share qualitative and quantitative datasets from APHRC research studies since 2001. The datasets are freely available in...
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in conjunction with the Nairobi County Government handed over two neo-natal resuscitation machines to Mbagathi Hospital on the 28th of May, 2014....
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The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) participated in the Seventh Joint African Union (AU) Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)...
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APHRC marks the ratification of the African Charter on Statistics by 16 countries on May 21. The Charter is a legal instrument to regulate statistical activity and also as a tool...
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A team from APHRC met with the Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero to introduce him to our programs and projects currently running in order to find areas of synergy between...
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APHRC was part of a delegation receiving Nairobi County Governor, Dr. Evans Kidero at the Korogocho Health Center. The Center presented a Public-Private Partnerships model for improving maternal health care in...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Nutrition in the first two years of life is critical for child growth, development and survival. Optimal breastfeeding during this period is therefore critical....
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By Milka Njeri, Research Assistant, APHRC Recent statistics indicate that poor maternal and child nutrition are the underlying causes of 3.5 million deaths every year and 35 percent of disease burden...
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The 17th of May was World Hypertension Day and at APHRC, we organized a free screening by trained community health workers where individuals had their blood pressure, body mass index...
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The Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition program at APHRC in conjunction with the Center’s Policy Engagement and Communications Division carried out a focus group discussion and community dialogue session...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC The goal of public health is that “people die young as late as possible,” someone reminded me. But wait a minute, what does that...
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On the 27th March 2014, the Ministry of Health’s Division of Non-Communicable Diseases, the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and other partners working through the Knowledge Sharing Network...
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Frederick Wekesah, Research Officer, APHRC The WHO refers to mental health as “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease”. The Cent for...
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Last week, on the 27th and 28th of February 2014, the Health Challenges and Systems team working on the MIYCN (Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition) project and the Policy...
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APHRC, the lead partner in a consortium that is implementing a community-based family planning (FP) initiative in Siaya and Busia Counties, held a forum with the Siaya County Government on...
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Last week, we held a consultative forum with the County Government of Busia at the Itoya Hotel in Busia Town. The forum was part of our Population Dynamics and Reproductive...
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By Amanda Glassman, co-lead of the APHRC-CGD Data for African Development Working Group, CGD Director of Global Health Policy The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda calls for a...
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The Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) is an initiative of nine African universities, four African research institutes, and select northern partners. CARTA offers an innovative model for...
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By Milka Njeri, Research Assistant, APHRC Role of men in breastfeeding and child nutrition The Year 2015 is fast approaching yet achievement of the millennium development goals by many developing countries still...
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By Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Why milk is not just for kids but a must-have component of your daily diet. Milk and milk products including yogurt and cheese are highly...
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By Milka Njeri, Research Assistant, APHRC The increasing double burden of malnutrition in Africa is partly due to poor breastfeeding practices in early life. Optimal breastfeeding (early initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and...
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By Catherine Macharia, Program Assistant, APHRC The day was Tuesday, July 17 2012, when I discovered that I was expecting. Inevitably, as most mothers will do upon such a discovery, I...
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By Frederick Wekesah, Research Officer, APHRC The WHO refers to mental health as “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease”. Mental illnesses...
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By Estelle Monique Sidze, Associate Research Scientist and Salome Wawire, Post-doctoral Fellow, APHRC In Kenya, girls in grades 4-8, who have reached puberty, miss on average 6 learning weeks/year due to...
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By Estelle Monique Sidze, Associate Research Scientist and Beatrice Maina, Research Officer, APHRC Population initiatives have stolen the spotlight lately, from Melinda Gates announcing family planning is now her ‘signature issue,’...
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By Estelle Monique Sidze, Associate Research Scientist and Cheikh Mbackè Faye, Senior Research Officer, APHRC Located in the West Africa’s Sudano-Sahelian region, Senegal features among the world’s Least Developed Countries and...
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By Estelle Monique Sidze, Associate Research Scientist, APHRC Seeing 100 community health workers (CHWs) in action at their monthly meeting was an eye opening experience for those of us from APHRC...
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By Alex Ezeh, Executive Director of APHRC and Amanda Glassman, Director of Global Health Policy at the Center for Global Development November 19, 2012 Maybe you missed it–but this past Sunday, November 18, was African Statistics...
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With a population density of more than 300 persons per square kilometer, coupled with high poverty levels, a high fertility rate and high unmet need for family planning, there is...
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Authors: Fotso, J.C., Sall, M., Sidze, E.M., Faye, C.M., Corroon, M., Béguy, D., & Sall, M.G This report uses data from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Senegal in 1992/93, 1997, 2005, and 2010/2011 to analyze...
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Authors: Marston, M., Beguy, D., Kabiru, C., & Cleland, J. Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the protection of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health has been a social and policy priority for...
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Authors: Thaddaeus Egondi, Caroline Kabiru, Donatien Beguy, Kanyiva Muindi,Richard Jessor Abstract Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption...
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Authors: Onsomu, E.O., Kimani, J.K., Abuya, B.A., Arif, A.A., Moore, D., Duren-Winfield, V., & Harwell, G. Abstract The study purpose was to determine the association between sexual debut and HIV sero-status, and factors contributing to...
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Authors: Crichton, J., Okal, J., Kabiru, C.W., & Zulu, E.M. (2013). Abstract We introduce the concept of “menstrual poverty” to categorize the multiple deprivations relating to menstruation in resource-poor settings across the Global South, and...
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By: Justin Sandefur, APHRC-CGD Data for African Development Working Group Member *This blog was originally posted on the Center for Global Development website. View the original post here. I’m a little late to this, but recently Chris Blattman set...
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Authors: Donatien Beguy, Robert Ndugwa and Caroline W. Kabiru Summary The contribution of adolescents’ childbearing to total fertility rates in many sub-Saharan African countries is higher than in other parts of the world. In this paper,...
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Every single day, 452 women in sub-Saharan Africa die from pregnancy-related causes; that is 18 women every hour. The highest rates of child mortality are still in sub-Saharan Africa—where 1...
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By Kanyiva Muindi, Research Officer, Urbanization and Wellbeing Research Program “Clean air is a public good; indeed no other resource exhibits the same degree of ‘publicness’. Land can be parceled and fenced;...
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Celebrate World Population Day; the Role of Research in Preventing Unintended Pregnancy among Adolescents By Caroline Kabiru, Research Scientist July 11, 2013 In the last few months, two condom adverts have been at the...
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This story was was picked up from a blog written by Dr. Sam Oti Obesity: A Rising Problem for Africa’s Poorest ...
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By Amanda Glassman and Alex Ezeh, Executive Director July 29, 2013 The long-awaited high-level panel report on the post-2015 development agenda called for a “data revolution” and proposes a new international initiative to get the job done. ...
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By Elizabeth Kimani, Associate Research Scientist Nutrition in the first two years of life is critical for a child’s growth, development and survival. Optimal breastfeeding of an infant during this early period...
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New Journal Article (August 12, 2013) Authors: Elijah O. Onsomu, DaKysha Moore, Benta A. Abuya, Peggy Valentine, Vanessa Duren-Winfield Summary By the year 2012, 23.5 million people in sub-Saharan Africa were infected with HIV/AIDS. Despite...
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By Nelson Gichuhi, Research Assistant August 14, 2013 Each year, Kenyans wait anxiously for the budget to be read by the Finance Minister. This year, things were a little different with the...
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The People – Online August 23, 2013 Kenyans are still reeling from findings of a ministry of health report indicating that nearly half a million abortions were carried out last year. The...
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Daily Nation – Online August 22, 2013 Social scientists caution that abortion creates a cycle of psychological torture for both the abortionist and her family and friends. Forty five per cent of women...
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Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Nairobi, Kenya: Hundreds of thousands of women continue to suffer the pain of backstreet abortions almost three years after the Constitution allowed for restricted abortion pegged on...
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Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya and Uganda have earned the dubious distinction of achieving the highest number of backstreet abortions in the world with almost half a million...
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Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Director of Medical Services Dr Francis Kimani (left) and a member of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board Dr Samson Wanjala during the launch of the...
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The Star – Online August 22, 2013 MORE than 465,000 induced abortions were procured last year countrywide, the government has said. According to a government report released yesterday, 43 per cent of...
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Trinity After – Online August 22, 2013 Kenyan women carried out 465,000 unsafe abortions last year, a key report shows. This translates to a national abortion rate of 48 per 1,000 women of reproductive...
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The People – Online August 22, 2013 Despite abortion being banned in the new Constitution, almost 500,000 Kenyans pro- cured unsafe abortions last year alone, according to grim findings contained in a...
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Thomson Reuters Foundation – Online August 21, 2013 This June 3, 2004 file photo shows Kenyan schoolgirls carrying coffins of the 15 foetuses dumped in a river in Nairobi. Kenyan police arrested a...
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Capital News [Capital FM] – Online August 21, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 – A new survey released on Wednesday shows that there were 464,690 abortions procured in Kenya last year. According to...
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Daily Nation – Online August 21, 2013 The Director of Medical services Dr Francis Kimani (centre) displays the report on incidence of unsafe abortion in Kenya August 21, 2013 at the Hilton...
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Source: Skoll World Forum & Forbes August 7, 2013 Editor’s Note: In advance of the many health-related discussions to take place in September at the Clinton Global Initiative, the Social Good Summit, UN Week and...
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The Standard – Online August 28, 2013 NAIROBI, KENYA: Nineteen-year-old Victoria reenacts how a doctor at a clinic in Huruma pumped out blood from her womb using some straw-like plastic. She was...
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The Star – Online August 27, 2013 To terminate or not to terminate… these are the words that linger in most women minds when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. Currently, Kenya’s national...
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Why we must rethink how we are bridging the gender gap In my community, people say that ‘a child is a child’ – meaning that it does not matter whether a...
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By Elizabeth Kimani, Associate Research Scientist September 10, 2013 Urban dwellers in developing countries are said to have better health outcomes than rural residents. This is because conditions that affect health including socio-economic...
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By Marilyn Wamukoya, Data Analyst September 18, 2013 I am a researcher you see, I think differently. I will give you an example; most people walk into a bank, see a long queue...
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What’s all the hype about Breastfeeding? Breastfeeding is the most natural way to feed newborn babies, yet millions of babies are not breastfed adequately. The WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding in the...
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Africa, as many of you will know, is the youngest of all world regions, blessed with a huge population of children and youth. But now I would like you to picture...
