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The Human Toll of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

By Diana Munjuri and Chao Shete   Twelve-year-old *Nasra sits quietly in her wheelchair watching her agemates play in a narrow street in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Towards Zero FGM/C in Southwest Nigeria: Insights from the StopCut Project

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a deeply rooted cultural practice that constitutes a serious violation of the human rights of women and girls. Defined by

Turning Administrative Grit into Public Health Gains

By Joy Chepkemboi While browsing an online job portal, I came across the Program Administrative Assistant Internship position at the African Population and Health Research

Are We Doing Enough to End Tuberculosis?

Contributor: Charity Chao Shete Across the world, various actors commemorated World Tuberculosis Day this year on the backdrop of the recent publishing of the Global

The Transformative Impact of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway on Household Welfare

Kenya has made significant investments in large-scale infrastructure projects. However, empirical evidence on the impact of such infrastructure projects, especially at the micro or household

Parkinson’s Disease in Africa: Bridging the Data Gap for Better Care

Contributor: Charity Chao Shete April 11 marks World Parkinson’s Disease Day, which provides an opportunity to shed light on this neurodegenerative condition that remains far

Driving Better Health Outcomes Through Demographic Surveillance

Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) play an important role in providing longitudinal data on populations, enabling researchers and policymakers to track health trends, mortality

Helping Caregivers and Healthcare Workers Achieve Complete and Timely Early Childhood Vaccination Through a Digital Vaccine Card

Contributors: Catherine Nyambura Kahare, Charity Chao Shete and Davis Muli Musyoki Few innovations have wielded as profound an impact on the global health landscape as

Advancing Data Science for Health in Africa 

By Christine Ger Ochola, with contributions from Miranda Barasa. Refine, Reflect, Reinvent: A perfect theme for the Data Science Without Borders (DSWB) Annual General Meeting

Qualitative methods in impact evaluation: A quick and dirty job?

Let us assume the following hypothetical example An imaginary organization working in an African country set up a project called “The Mental Health Fight (MHF)”,

Transforming Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health: The Impact of CUSSH Project.

The Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) project was a six-year initiative implemented between 2018 and 2023. It aimed to generate vital research

Kenya’s decision to make maths optional in high school is a bad idea – what should happen instead

Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students