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Who Would Have Thought Distance to School Had Such an Impact on the Quality of Education?

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

Why Young Women From Kenya’s Urban Slums Should Become More Savvy About Contraception

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

World Contraception Day 2015: Ensuring That Kenyan Adolescents Living in Urban Poor Settings Know Their Choices

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.

The Health Status of the Urban Poor

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

Why and How to Support Mothers to Combine Breastfeeding and Work

The theme of this year’s (2015) World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is “ Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s make it work” with a call to support women

The Key Ingredients Needed to Reap the Benefits of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 – Improving Child Survival and Controlling Fertility Rates

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

Who is a Mother – Unravelling What One Goes Through to Embrace Motherhood

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

What’s Driving Young People to Have Transactional Sex in Malawi’s Slums

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,

Where’s the Voice of Wanjiku in This Debate

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

Thoraya Obaid and the African Population and Health Research Centre Honoured With UN Population Award

Via UNFPA UNITED NATIONS, New York – The United Nations honoured Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC), recipients of

Terrorism is Just One of the Many Ways to Die!

Why people should just live their lives normally despite increased terrorism As I sat through some training on “Terrorism at the Workplace” organised my employer,

The Pathway to Professional Excellence: ‘Why Every Young Scientist Must Target the Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Training Grant’

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 the