APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Willingness-to-pay and Costs for Novel Manual Emptying Services for Shared Onsite Sanitation Facilities in an Informal Settlement of Nairobi, Kenya
(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2025)This study evaluates willingness-to-pay (WTP) and cost structures for innovative, group-based manual emptying services for onsite sanitation in low-income urban settlements. Combining household surveys with service provider ... -
How Informal Water Markets Serve the Urban Population: Dynamics of Invisible Hand in Nairobi’s Water Sector
(PLOS, 2025)Globally, attaining universal access to safe, affordable drinking water remains a major challenge. In two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, this qualitative study investigates three modalities of informal water ... -
Barriers and Enablers for Group-based Manual Emptying Services for Onsite Sanitation Facilities in Nairobi, Kenya: a Qualitative Study
(Elsevier, 2025)Onsite sanitation, such as pit latrines, is essential to achieving universal access to safe sanitation, as outlined in Sustainable Development Goal?6.2. However, manual emptying for pit latrines in low?income areas is often ... -
Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depressive Symptoms and Major Depressive Disorder among the Oldest-old in India
(WILEY, 2025)The study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of major depressive disorder (MDD) and depressive symptoms among individuals aged 80 and older in India, as there is limited research on this demographic in ... -
Factors Associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Amongst the Oldest Old: Findings Based on the Nationally Representative "old Age in Germany (d80+)" Study Study
(Springer, 2025)Factors associated with mild cognitive impairment and dementia amongst the oldest old: findings based on the nationally representative �old age in Germany (D80+)� study," addresses a knowledge gap regarding factors associated ... -
Determinants of Health-care Utilization among Community-dwelling Persons 45 Years and Older: National Longitudinal Data from the 2015-2022 Health, Aging, and Retirement in Thailand Research Retirement in Thailand Research
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2025)This study aimed to investigate the determinants of healthcare utilization among individuals 45 years and older based on longitudinal and nationally representative data on community residents from 2015 to�2022 in Thailand. ... -
Association of Professional Environment with Loneliness and Perceived Social Isolation among Individuals in Their Second Half of Life
(Springer, 2025)The study aimed to investigate the association between professional environment and loneliness and perceived social isolation, including stratification by sex and age group. Data from the latest wave of the German Ageing ... -
Caregiving Dynamics and Labor Market Outcomes of Unorganized Caregivers of Older Adults in Ghana
(2025)Unorganized caregivers increasingly face significant challenges that impact their participation in the labor market, particularly in low and middle income countries. This paper explores the effects of both care intensity ... -
Bodily Pain Severity and Emotional Pain Experience in Old Age: Analyses of Potential Mediators from Representative Ghana Aging Survey
(ScienceDirect, 2025)Data on the association between pain and emotional health outcomes in old age primarily come from high-income samples. This study examines the cross-sectional association of bodily pain with emotional pain in a representative ... -
Lived Experiences of Nonmedical Use of Tramadol among Urban Slum-dwelling Youth in Ghana: a Qualitative Study
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2025)The world is witnessing a pharmaceutical opioid crisis, and in Africa�s version, the nonmedical use of Tramadol is prevalent in vulnerable populations. However, data on the factors promoting nonmedical use of Tramadol in ...
