Most children spend their formative years in school therefore, the food environment within and around schools plays a significant role […]
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Nairobi, Kenya, September 26, 2023 – The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), Miss Koch Kenya, and the Directorate […]
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Background Longitudinal studies, also known as prospective or follow-up studies, are a type of research design that involves the collection […]
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Kenya has made significant progress toward HIV epidemic control. By the end of December 2019, there were 1.16 million PLHIV […]
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What is Lupus? I have lived with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or Lupus, for six years. Lupus is an autoimmune […]
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Motherhood is an important aspect of life for many women. However, for adolescent girls, motherhood is a stage fraught with […]
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The burden of hypertension and diabetes is rising in a rapidly urbanizing Africa with scarce public resources for managing patients. […]
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World Hypertension Day is observed every year in order to raise global awareness and promote hypertension prevention, detection and control. […]
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The theme of the 2023 World Hypertension Day is “Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer”. Untreated or […]
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We have an understandable tendency to put things, people, and issues into boxes. One example of this has been how […]
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For a long time, infectious diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV have dominated disease profiles in Africa. They have […]
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Bipolar disorder (BD), also known as manic depression, is characterized by unusual episodes of extreme mood swings of emotional highs […]
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Authors: Beryl Machoka and Sheila Mukabana It all started with a discussion between the two of us: “We will be […]
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March 1, NAIROBI – Dr. Amanuel Abajobir, a public health physician and researcher at the African Population and Health Research […]
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Liberia has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, and unsafe abortion is a significant contributor to this issue. […]
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Unsafe abortion is a leading cause of maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Sierra Leone has one of the highest […]
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It was dinnertime at my boarding school. The dining hall was abuzz as girls engaged in random conversations over their […]
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World AIDS day serves to remind us about the toll of HIV- those who have died, the sick and affected […]
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Alypio Nyandwi Scaling Up Verbal Autopsy to Improve Mortality Surveillance and Vital Statistics in Sub-Saharan African Countries […]
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Patrick Amboka Globally, malnutrition is a major contributor to more than 3 million deaths among children less than 5 years annually (Fanzo […]
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