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

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

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Addressing HIV-related inequalities: the new frontier in the HIV response

World AIDS day serves to remind us about the toll of HIV- those who have died, the sick and affected […]

Scaling Up Verbal Autopsy to Improve Mortality Surveillance and Vital Statistics in Sub-Saharan African Countries

Alypio Nyandwi Scaling Up Verbal Autopsy to Improve Mortality Surveillance and Vital Statistics in Sub-Saharan African Countries […]

Strengthening the capacity of health facilities on integrated service delivery during outpatient treatment of malnutrition: Digitalized case fatality rate reduction among under-5 children in Kenyan Urban informal settlements

Patrick Amboka Globally, malnutrition is a major contributor to more than 3 million deaths among children less than 5 years annually (Fanzo […]

Examining the uptake, barriers and motivators of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescent girls and young women in the slums of Nairobi.

Jane Osindo, Elizabeth Kemigisha, Abdhalah Ziraba Background Sub-Saharan Africa continues to see an increase in new HIV infections among adolescent […]

Nurturing care for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities: A cross-sectional descriptive study in a rural setting in Kenya

Silas Onyango, Margaret Nampijja, Nelson Langat & Patricia Wekulo Background: Neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) are a significant cause of poor development […]

Re-engineering Resilient Systems for Health to Manage Current and Emerging Health Challenges

Introduction: The recent COVID-19 pandemic once again demonstrated to the world why investing in health makes economic sense. Earlier on […]

Promoting holistic health and wellbeing of pregnant and parenting adolescents and their children in Africa – a life course model approach

Health and Wellbeing Early pregnancy and childbearing significantly disadvantage girls, starting a cycle of social exclusion that significantly harm their […]

Tribute to Dr. Pauline Bakibinga

By Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, the Executive Director of the African Population & Health Research Center. Friends, colleagues and family of […]

APHRC mourns the loss of Dr. Pauline Bakibinga

The APHRC family is saddened by the sudden death of one of our own, Dr. Pauline Bakibinga. An Associate Research […]

The agony of living with Lupus disease

Have you ever woken up with pain all over your body? That was my situation five years ago, on this […]

Enhance innovation and optimize complementarity of existing and new malaria tools for complete eradication

The 2022 World Malaria Day was marked under the theme, “Harness innovation to reduce the malaria disease burden and save […]

Planetary Health in Africa: a multi-sectoral approach matters

This year’s World Health Day is marked under the theme, ‘Our planet, our health’, a reflection of the World Health […]

Leveling the ground for women in healthcare leadership for sustainable development in Africa

This year the International Women’s Day is marked under the theme, “Break the bias”, with calls for renewed attention to […]

Practical Epidemiology

We focus on the importance of using epidemiological concepts and skills needed to investigate, plan, and deliver primary health care […]

Health policy mapping and system gaps impeding the implementation of reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child, and adolescent health programs in South Sudan: a scoping review

Pregnant women, neonates, children, and adolescents are at higher risk of dying in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Strengthening the healthcare […]

Mobile consulting (mConsulting) and its potential for providing access to quality healthcare for populations living in low-resource settings of low- and middle-income countries

The poorest populations of the world lack access to quality healthcare. We defined the key components of consulting via mobile […]

Comparative performance of pooled cohort equations and Framingham risk scores in cardiovascular disease risk classification in a slum setting in Nairobi Kenya

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) cause 18 million deaths annually. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 80% of the CVD burden, […]

Continuity of health service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of digital health technologies in Uganda

In response to coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic (COVID-19), the government of Uganda instituted movement restrictions to curb disease spread. However, this […]

Digital technologies in the COVID-19 responses in sub-Saharan Africa: policies, problems and promises

The gains made five years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will be lost if the […]

Integrating health into urban and territorial planning: A sourcebook

Urban and territorial planning (UTP) is a critical enabler for health and well-being in cities and regions, and our health […]

Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: Results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements

With COVID-19, there is urgency for policymakers to understand and respond to the health needs of slum communities. Lockdowns for […]

Challenges and prospects for implementation of community health volunteers’ digital health solutions in Kenya: A qualitative study

The value of digital health technologies in delivering vital health care interventions, especially in low resource settings is increasingly appreciated. […]

Economic valuation of setting up a social health enterprise in urban poor-resource setting in Kenya

The failure of the market and government to provide quality healthcare services have been the motivation to set up social […]

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