The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), SRHR Africa Trust (SAT), Malawi and Plan International, Malawi will hold a National Adolescents and Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Symposium from 7 to 9 November 2022 in Lilongwe. The main aim of the symposium is provide a platform for multi stakeholder conversation on approaches to strengthening and improving access to adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in Malawi. […]
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Like many other urban cities, Kisumu is grappling with increasing waste generation, overflowing dumpsites, and pollution from uncontrolled discarding of waste. Globally, […]
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Our policy engagement and communications work is founded on a solid foundation of proven evidence-informed decision making that has helped transform lives in Africa. We have effectively engaged policy actors and scaled up our initiatives to the continental and regional levels. We have effectively engaged with institutions such as ECOWAS, EAC, SADC, NEPAD, and the African Union. In addition, we maintain strong alliances with critical national and pan-African civil society organizations. We have strong collaborations with grassroots organizations, and local and federal governments, while effectively positioning APHRC as the top African think tank influencing domestic health policy in Africa. […]
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Our policy engagement and communications work is founded on a solid foundation of proven evidence-informed decision making that has helped […]
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Violence against women and girls (VAWG) continues to evolve with each passing day. This, therefore, means that efforts to combat […]
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The Women RISE initiative (Women’s health and economic empowerment for a COVID-19 Recovery that is Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable) has […]
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The EU-Africa PerMed project was launched on March 4, 2021. The project is funded under Horizon 2020, the European framework […]
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Addressing global health challenges is only possible by building and strengthening international, intercontinental, and national scientific cooperation between scientists, decision/policymakers, […]
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One of the obstacles to domesticating and operationalising continental commitments that promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) […]
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(March 3, 2021, Nairobi and New York) The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and the Guttmacher Institute are […]
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Early this year, before the Covid-19 pandemic hit Africa, the Immunization Advocacy Initiative (IAI) had implemented several high-level capacity training […]
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Adhering to the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months can be challenging for mothers, especially […]
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PEC has developed three ways to use research evidence to inform and influence policy discussions and decision-making, to identify and […]
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Kenya is among the countries planning for a national roll-out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme by the year 2022. […]
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Globally, there has been substantial progress in reducing maternal and deaths such that between 1990 and 2015, maternal and under-five child mortality declined by 44% and 58% respectively. 12 However, maternal mortality remains unacceptably high, especially in developing countries. At least two-thirds of all annual maternal and child deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa Beyond inequities across countries and regions, significant inequities within countries persist. […]
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The Innovating for Maternal and Child Health in Africa (IMCHA) initiative seeks to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes […]
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The Immunization Advocacy Initiative (IAI) believes that a stronger civil society, armed with technical skills in using evidence to drive […]
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Africa’s young people and women continue to bear a huge burden of disease and death associated with unintended pregnancies and […]
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The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in late 2015 provide clear guidelines and targets for addressing the root causes of poverty and uniting the world in pursuit of positive change for both people and planet. Strongly grounded in international human rights standards, the SDGs aim for an inclusive world and put economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights and the right to development at the core of social progress. […]
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