Some Foods Could be Addictive This story was was picked up from a blog written by Dr. Sam Oti Obesity: A Rising Problem for Africa’s Poorest […] Read More…
Act Now, Promote Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival! Every single day, 452 women in sub-Saharan Africa die from pregnancy-related causes; that is 18 women every hour. The highest […] Read More…
Shock of 500,000 Abortions Procured in Kenya Last Year The People – Online August 22, 2013 Despite abortion being banned in the new Constitution, almost 500,000 Kenyans pro- cured […] Read More…
Entry Into Motherhood Among Adolescent Girls in Two Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya Authors: Donatien Beguy, Robert Ndugwa and Caroline W. Kabiru Summary The contribution of adolescents’ childbearing to total fertility rates in many sub-Saharan African […] Read More…
Rift Valley Has Highest Abortion Rate The Star – Online August 22, 2013 MORE than 465,000 induced abortions were procured last year countrywide, the government has […] Read More…
Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed 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 […] Read More…
Emotional and Psychosocial Aspects of Menstrual Poverty in Resource-Poor Settings Authors: Crichton, J., Okal, J., Kabiru, C.W., & Zulu, E.M. (2013). Abstract We introduce the concept of “menstrual poverty” to categorize the multiple […] Read More…
Delaying Sexual Debut as a Strategy for Reducing HIV Epidemic in Kenya 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 […] Read More…
Adolescent Home-Leaving and the Transition to Adulthood: A Psychosocial and Behavioural Study in the Slums of Nairobi 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 […] Read More…
Over 400,000 Abortions in Kenya Last Year Capital News [Capital FM] – Online August 21, 2013 NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 – A new survey released on Wednesday […] Read More…
The Fading Fad of Flying Toilets Improves Health in Urban Slums By Blessing Mberu, Patricia Elungata and Diana Warira May 2, 2013 A new toilet block constructed by APHRC in Korogocho slum, Nairobi. For decades […] Read More…
Ministry of Health Publishes Charter on Abortion Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Nairobi, Kenya: Hundreds of thousands of women continue to suffer the pain of backstreet abortions […] Read More…
Predictors of Sexual Debut Among Young Adolescents in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements Authors: Marston, M., Beguy, D., Kabiru, C., & Cleland, J. Since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the protection of adolescents’ sexual […] Read More…
Married Women Dominate Shock Report on Unsafe Abortions Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Director of Medical Services Dr Francis Kimani (left) and a member of the Medical […] Read More…
Perspectives on Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Urban Senegal 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) […] Read More…
“Who of You Went to Bed Hungry Last Night?“ “In hunger eradication, the problem that we need to tackle is not food production but economics and food wastage.” […] Read More…
Kenyan Women Carried out 465,000 Abortions in 2012- Report Daily Nation – Online August 21, 2013 The Director of Medical services Dr Francis Kimani (centre) displays the report […] Read More…
Kenya, Uganda Have Highest Number of Unsafe Abortions Standard Digital News August 21, 2013 Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya and Uganda have earned the dubious distinction of achieving the highest […] Read More…
Kenya Unsafe Abortions Major Cause of Death and Injury Thomson Reuters Foundation – Online August 21, 2013 This June 3, 2004 file photo shows Kenyan schoolgirls carrying coffins of the […] Read More…
Are Implants the Future of Family Planning in Burundi? With a population density of more than 300 persons per square kilometer, coupled with high poverty levels, a high fertility […] Read More…
Preventing High Blood Pressure in Nairobi Slums April 5, 2013 ‘Who has measured his/her blood pressure in the last year?’ The crowd of people looks around and […] Read More…
Global Burden of Disease Estimates: Secret Recipes or Spoiled Ingredients? By Victoria Fan, APHRC – CGD Data for African Development Working Group Member and CGD Research Fellow *This blog was originally posted on the Center […] Read More…
Bad Air, Ill Health: Air Pollution in Urban Slums By Thaddaeus Egondi and Diana Warira March 1, 2013 If scientists could more effectively observe pollution from space, they would be able to […] Read More…
Mainstreaming Migration in Development By Blessing Mberu, Research Scientist and Jessica Brinton, Working Group Program Coordinator Earlier this month development experts came together for an online Guardian chat to […] Read More…
Avoid A Broken Heart: Know Your Blood Pressure By Steven van de Vijver, Senior Research Officer and Isabella Aboderin, Senior Research Scientist Having a broken heart is awful—having a real broken […] Read More…