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Annual Report- 2017

Message from the Executive Director In mid-2016, we initiated a consultative process with all staff to answer what on the surface seemed like a simple

Why Funding Alone Can’t Shake up Kenya’s School Transition Rate

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

On World Population Day, a Plea for a $9 Commitment to Family Planning

Just US$9 would cover the annual costs of fully meeting the need for modern contraception, safe abortion, and maternal and newborn care in developing regions,

African Universities Are Ignoring a Rich, Invaluable Resource: Their Alumni

Universities across Africa are sitting on – and ignoring – a potential gold mine: their graduates. Research from the global North, where tracking and keeping

Why Maasai Women and Their Children Go Hungry

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

Healthy Communities in Western Kenya: From Research to Practice

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

Lies We Tell Ourselves: Urban Advantage

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

Creating Paths as They Go: Nakuru and Kampala Make Poop Matter

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

Who is Responsible for Nurturing a Reading Culture Among Our Children?

“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

Human Milk Banking: Coming to Kenya, and Not a Moment Too Soon

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

Aphrc and Partners Bring Countdown to 2030 Data Analysis Workshop to West and Central Africa

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

Kenya Spends Millions Treating Unsafe Abortion Complications

By Eunice Kilonzo, CARTA Communications Officer, via Daily Nation New report quantifies financial and human resource cost of treating complications of unsafe pregnancy terminations Kenya