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Strengthening Adolescent Well-Being: A Call for Integrated Mental Health and Sexual Reproductive Health Policies in East and Southern Africa
(APHRC, 2025)This policy brief emphasizes the critical need for integrated policy approaches that address both adolescent mental health and sexual and reproductive health across East and Southern Africa. Highlighting adolescence as a ... -
Jamaa Na Afya Ya Mtoto: Kinship, Nuptiality and Child Outcomes in Kenya
(APHRC, 2025)Jamaa na Afya ya Mtoto presents findings from the JAMO project, a longitudinal mixed?methods study conducted with 1,203 mothers (18-29 years) and their young children living in Nairobi's urban slums from 2020 to 2025. The ... -
Evaluation of the Blantyre Prevention Strategy: Lessons for the HIV Response
(APHRC, 2025)The Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS) is a comprehensive initiative aimed at strengthening the Blantyre district health system to address the persistent burden of new HIV infections. Grounded in local data and resources, ... -
Kenya Multi-Site Integrated Serosurveillance Collaboration Policy Brief (High Prevalence of Antibodies Against COVID-19 Within the General Population: Evidence From Nairobi and Kilif).
(Gates Open Research, 2022)The Kenya Multi Site Serosurveillance (KEMIS) collaboration set out to implement an integrated, nationally representative, population-based program of serological surveillance for past infection for a number of important ... -
Kenya - National Adolescent Mental Health Survey (K-NAMHS) Key Findings. Nairobi, Kenya
(APHRC, 2022)Little is known about the prevalence of mental disorders among Kenyan adolescents. This is a critical gap in knowledge as studies have shown that mental disorders during adolescence, particularly those that remain untreated ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Uganda
(APHRC, 2022)This policy brief summarizes evidence from a cross-sectional survey conducted in Uganda to document the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Data were collected from 543 women and ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Burkina Faso
(APHRCAmref Health, 2022)This report presents a comparative analysis of five SSA countries (Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda), highlighting the overall impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of, access to, and use ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda
(APHRC, 2022)This policy brief summarizes evidence from a comparative analysis of five selected sub-Saharan Africa countries, highlighting the overall impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of, access to, and use of SRH ... -
Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Ethiopia
(APHRC, 2022)This policy brief summarizes evidence from a comparative analysis of five selected sub-Saharan Africa countries, highlighting the overall impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of, access to, and use of SRH ... -
Food Systems Transformative Integrated, Policy: The Process, Enablers, and Barriers
(APHRC, 2022)The Food System Transformative Integrated Policy (FS-TIP) initiative supports governments that demonstrate robust integrative leadership and capacity for the development and implementation of transformative and integrated ...
