RESEARCH

The Center’s largest and most diverse portfolio focuses on issues that promote a deeper understanding of sustainable population growth, identify the barriers to access to services and awareness to ensure empowered choice and decision-making for all. Our range of projects explore sexual and reproductive health and rights, even for those that are considered contentious within the sub-Saharan African context.

The Center’s approach to maternal and child wellbeing dissects and understands the social and physical factors of maternal health and child survival in order to develop and promote effective intervention strategies.

The Center is one of a handful of institutions conducting research on education in sub-Saharan Africa. We make substantive contributions to understanding barriers to schooling, quality in teaching, and measurement of learning outcomes – especially among poor and marginalized populations in both urban and rural East and West Africa.

The Center is at the forefront of research on the emerging epidemics of both communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Africa. We generate evidence that leads to stronger and more responsive health systems, able to address the specific needs of vulnerable populations.

The Center is at the forefront of research on the emerging epidemics of both communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Africa. We generate evidence that leads to stronger and more responsive health systems, able to address the specific needs of vulnerable populations.

The Center’s work has contributed to a better understanding of poverty as an urban phenomenon. Our work has provided insights into the plight of slum dwellers, the extent of intra-urban inequities and the gradual erosion of the urban advantage in health and wellbeing within Africa.