• APHRC News: Africa’s Future: The Continent We Want, the Continent We Are Building 

      Kyobutungi, Catherine; Okoth, Lillian; Radoli, Isabel; Kayira, Sheena; Mangwana, Jane; Mutuku, Issabelah; Omao, Doris; Mbuthia, Michelle; Kirimi, Sindi; Sirengo, Eugenia; Nkonge, Maureen; Amboka, Patrick; Kariuki, Hiram; Karanja, Naomi; Simiyu, Sheillah; Mwalia, Felistus; Ajayi, Anthony; Kusuna, Magdaline; Cheikh, Faye; Munjuri, Diana; Diouf, Assane; Diop, Diama; Thiam, Sokhna (APHRC, 2024-09-11)
      This issue, highlights the little things the African Population and Health Research Center is doing across its thematic areas to build the continent we want.
    • A Case for a Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health (SMRH) Law in Sierra Leone 

      Mangwana, Jane; Omao, Doris (APHRC, 2023-02)
      Unsafe abortion is among one of the leading causes of maternal mortality in Africa. In the Sub- Saharan Africa region, women are most likely to die from unsafe abortion. As of 2019, the Sub-Saharan Africa region has ...
    • PROMOTE Project 2022 Newsletter 

      Mangwana, Jane; Mbuthia, Michelle; Asego, Catherine (APHRC, 2023-03)
      During the second quarter of 2022, APHRC developed the adolescent mothers’ clubs curriculum. The curriculum contains 24 sessions and has been adapted from the Population Council’s Adolescent Girls Initiative – Kenya ...
    • Promote: 2022 News Bulletin 

      Mangwana, Jane; Mbuthia, Michelle; Kabiru, Caroline; Asego, Catherine (APHRC, 2023-03)
      The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), the Institut Supérieur Des Sciences De La Population (ISSP) at the Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo from Burkina Faso, and the Centre for Social Research (CSR) at ...
    • Promoting Holistic Health and Wellbeing of Pregnant and Parenting Adolescents and Their Children in Africa: A Life Course Model 

      Ajayi, Anthony; Ooko, Bill; Maina, Beatrice; Kabiru, Caroline; Otukpa, Emmanuel; Mangwana, Jane; Mbuthia, Michelle; Muriuki, Peterrock; Ouedraogo, Ramatou; Odunga, Sally (APHRC and Miss Koch Kenya, 2024)
      In Kenya, as in many sub-Saharan African countries, early childbearing has detrimental effects on the health and social and economic well-being of girls and women. Despite the profound impact of adolescent childbearing on ...
    • Tracing the journey: February 2022 Edition 

      Gitau, Evelyn; Oduor, Clement; Mangwana, Jane; Moraa, Janet; Osogo, David; Muriuki, Peterrock; M. Sidze, Estelle (APHRC, 2022-02)
      The newsletter highlights the pursuit towards research and the role of RCS in Research. The paper also traces the 20 years in grit and growth of the Center and demonstrates advancing immunization financing in Africa: ...
    • Unintended Pregnancies and Unsafe Abortion and its Implications on Women of Reproductive Age in Malawi 

      Mangwana, Jane; Juma, Kenneth; Omao, Doris; Pangani, Judith (APHRC, 2023-10)
      This fact sheet presents synthesized information/data on unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion and its implications on women of reproductive age in Malawi. The content for this fact sheet was primarily drawn from ...
    • Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion and its Implications on Women of Reproductive Age in Malawi 

      Mangwana, Jane; Juma, Kenneth; Omao, Doris; Pangani, Judith (APHRC, 2023-10)
      In Malawi, each year, large numbers of women die from illegally induced abortions, contributing to high rates of maternal mortality. Magnitude-wise, data compiled by Ipas Malawi reveals that in 2022 alone, 3,395 women and ...
    • Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion and Maternal Mortality in Kenya 

      Mangwana, Jane; Juma, Kenneth; Ouedraogo, Ramatou (APHRC, 2023-10)
      This fact sheet presents synthesized information/data on unintended pregnancy, abortion, post-abortion care, and maternal mortality in Kenya. The content for this fact sheet was primarily drawn from secondary data on ...
    • Unintended Pregnancies, Unsafe Abortion and Maternal Mortality in Kenya 

      Mangwana, Jane; Juma, Kenneth; Ouedraogo, Ramatou (APHRC, 2023-10)
      Unintended pregnancy significantly contributes to unsafe abortion in much of sub-Saharan Africa, where abortions are legally restricted. According to the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS), the prevalence of ...
    • Unsafe Abortion as a Risk Factor for Maternal Mortality in Liberia 

      Mangwana, Jane; Omao, Doris (APHRC, 2023-02)
      Unsafe abortion is one of the main causes of maternal mortality and morbidity globally. Liberia has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates. Despite these existing challenges, a drop in maternal mortality ...