African Population and Health Research Center
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The African Population and Health Research Center is the continent’s premier research institution and think tank, generating evidence to drive policy action to improve the health and wellbeing of African people.
As a progressive African-led global research center invested in creating legacy impact, our work is centered on three integrated programmatic divisions:
Research: Our teams orient their research agendas to global and continental development priorities bringing independent evidence to the forefront of decisions supporting improved growth and development in the region. The center’s research priorities fall within six thematic units: Aging and Development; Education and Youth Empowerment; Health and Systems for Health; Maternal and Child Wellbeing; Population Dynamics and Sexual Reproductive Health and; Urbanization and Wellbeing in Africa. Anchoring the six is our Data, Measurement, and Evaluation Unit providing internal support for robust data systems and outward-looking technical assistance in program evaluation and data use. Source
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| Scope | Trade/B2B |
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| Language | English |
| Country | Kenya |
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Search ArticlesBuilding Stronger Pathways from Research to Action: APHRC and OUK Sign Five-Year MoU - APHRC
While rigorous inquiry yields crucial evidence to tackle key continental priorities, higher learning institutions nurture upcoming scholars and practitioners equipped to implement those solutions. When these entities unite, their combined potential deepens, creating vital linkages across evidence generation, capacity building, governance, and real-world impact.
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Raising a Child Takes More Than a Mother: What We Are Learning About Family Support for Adolescent Parents
When an adolescent girl becomes a mother, attention understandably turns to her. Will she be able to return to school? How will she earn a living to support her child? How will she cope with stigma and the demands of raising a child as she navigates adolescence. Yet behind the stories of many of these young mothers is another that is rarely told. One of grandmothers who step in as mothers and caregivers to their grandchildren. Across many households in Kenya, grandmothers quietly fill the gaps.
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Compendium des études de cas du projet de système de données Gates : Renforcer les communautés africaines par l’emploi des jeunes
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APHRC News – Issue 2, 2026 - APHRC
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