Michelle Mbuthia

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Michelle Mbuthia

Senior Communications Officer

ABOUT Michelle Mbuthia

Michelle is a Senior Communications Officer in the Policy Engagement and Communications program. She has more than ten years working in advocacy, outreach, and information.

Michelle holds an MA Communications (Strategic Corporate Communications) from the United States International University – Africa and BA in Journalism and Media Studies (Development Communication) from the University of Nairobi.

She is passionate about graphic design and social media and their roles in translating research for general audiences.

You can find her on Twitter (@njerimbuthia) talking all things African.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Multimedia
A day in the life of a young urban farmer

November 16, 2020

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Factsheet
Action to empower adolescent mothers in Burkina Faso and Malawi to improve their sexual and reproductive health (PROMOTE)

April 6, 2022

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Short Report and Technical Reports
Action to Empower Adolescent Mothers in Burkina Faso and Malawi: The PROMOTE Project Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

August 8, 2024

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Briefing Papers
Afya Kwa Ukoo: Engaging cultural institutions and culturally-sensitive facility-based delivery on maternal and newborn health service utilization in Garissa

January 20, 2020

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Briefing Papers
An illustrative brief to demonstrate the various layers of supporting breastfeeding

August 6, 2020

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Newsletters
APHRC Newsletter – January 2020

February 5, 2020

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Newsletters
APHRC Newsletter – July 2020

August 6, 2020

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Newsletters
APHRC Newsletter January – June 2019

September 16, 2019

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Newsletters
APHRC@20 Newsletter – August 2022 Edition

August 19, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Assessing the readiness of healthcare facilities to provide non-communicable disease services in Kenya

December 5, 2022

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General
Brief- Food Choices: Why We Eat What We Eat

July 19, 2018

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Briefing Papers
Brief: Restoring Nairobi to a ‘Place of Cool Waters’

February 16, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Cartographie de la sante mentale des jeunes au Senegal: Qu’avons-nous appris?

May 7, 2024

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Policy brief
DREAMS: Intervening to Prevent HIV infection among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Gem

August 10, 2023

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Briefing Papers
Examining the intersectionality of gender, COVID-19 and artificial intelligence (AI) in health decision making in Kenya and Malawi

June 6, 2022

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Factsheet
Factsheet: Establishing a data hub for COVID-19 data in Kenya and Malawi

May 31, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Food System Vision: Restoring Nairobi to “A place of cool waters”

January 28, 2021

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Multimedia
Food system visualization

November 16, 2020

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Factsheet
Gender and Intersectionality monitoring tool

October 3, 2022

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Briefing Papers
How early is too early? Adolescents’ perspective on gender norms and sexual and reproductive health

January 28, 2021

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Briefing Papers
How early is too early? Teachers’ perspectives on gender norms and sexual and reproductive health

May 6, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Impact of DREAMS interventions in the prevention of HIV among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya

March 5, 2024

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Briefing Papers
In their Voices: Lived experiences with food insecurity among the urban poor

November 25, 2019

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Photobook
In Their Voices: Lived Experiences With Food Insecurity Among The Urban Poor.

October 16, 2019

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Briefing Papers
Incorporating gender and intersectionality in Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and algorithms

October 3, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Mapping youth mental health landscapes: Insights from Sierra Leone

May 7, 2024

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Briefing Papers
Mobile health consulting as an option for improved access to healthcare in Nairobi’s slums

September 8, 2021

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Newsletters
PROMOTE Newsletter, 2023

December 16, 2023

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Newsletters
PROMOTE Project 2022 Newsletter – (English version)

March 3, 2023

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Newsletters
PROMOTE Project 2022 Newsletter – (French version)

March 3, 2023

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Briefing Papers
RELI 2019 Annual Convening Highlights

December 2, 2019

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Multimedia
Sasa Mama Teens toolkit

October 17, 2022

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Technical Reports
The Gendered Socialization of Very Young Adolescents in Schools and Sexual and Reproductive Health in Urban Informal Settlements in Nairobi County: Baseline Study Report

October 28, 2021

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Technical Reports
The gendered socialization of very young adolescents in schools and sexual and reproductive health in urban informal settlements- endline report

September 13, 2021

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Briefing Papers
Through their eyes and mouths: vulnerability to food insecurity among the urban poor in Nairobi

January 20, 2020

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Factsheet
Understanding the Experiences of Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents in Blantyre, Southern Malawi

May 13, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Understanding the Experiences of Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents in Blantyre, Southern Malawi

May 13, 2022

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Technical Reports
Promoting holistic health and wellbeing of pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children in Africa – A life course model

February 13, 2025

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Agenda
QIC ToT training

July 7, 2025

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Policy brief
Jamaa na Afya ya Mtoto: Kinship, Nuptiality and Child Outcomes in Kenya

July 9, 2025

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Annual Reports and General
Annual Report 2024 – Lighting the Way for Africa

July 16, 2025

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RECENT PROJECTS

ONGOING PROJECT
Action to empower adolescent mothers in Burkina Faso and Malawi to improve their sexual and reproductive health (PROMOTE)
In Burkina Faso and Malawi, as in many countries in…
ONGOING PROJECT
Catalyze – Mental Health: Evidence on catalysts of change for youth mental health in Africa
The Catalyze – Mental Health project will advance a comprehensive…
ONGOING PROJECT
Challenging the Politics of Social Exclusion Program Phase 2 (CPSE 2.0)
Africa’s young people and women continue to bear a huge…
ONGOING PROJECT
Global Effort on COVID-19 (GECO): Healthcare and socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on patients with diabetes in Kenya and Tanzania
People with type 2 diabetes are among the population groups…
ONGOING PROJECT
Sex, Gender and COVID-19
The Sex, Gender and Covid-19 Project is a partnership of…
ONGOING PROJECT
The gendered socialization of very young adolescents in schools and sexual and reproductive health
Adolescents in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa, particularly those in…
ONGOING PROJECT
The Right to Food: A Welcome Trust International Engagement Fellowship
Dr. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage was awarded an International Engagement Fellowship from…