APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Front-of-Package Food Labelling to Improve Consumer Knowledge on the Healthiness of Packaged Foods in Kenya
(APHRC, 2025)This fact sheet presents synthesized research data on Kenyan consumers' perceptions and the effectiveness of front-of-package food labels (FoPLs). It evaluates how these labels assist consumers in identifying unhealthy ... -
Liquid-Gold-Breastfeeding-Saves-Lives_Facts-on-Breastfeeding-in-Kenya
(APHRC, 2025)This fact sheet, published by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) for World Breastfeeding Week 2025, details the critical state of breastfeeding in Kenya. While Kenya has made significant progress ... -
Understanding Mental Health Among University Students in Kenya: What Role Do Family Support and Age Play?
(Frontiers, 2025)While mental health conditions play a significant role in the global disease burden, their determinants and predictors are still not well understood in Kenya. This study examined the prevalence of mental health conditions ... -
USAID Defunding: An Investment Call for Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries.
(The Lancet, 2025)Substantial investments through official development assistance, including USAID, have contributed to major gains in global health outcomes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly reductions in ... -
Enhancing Health Security in Africa: Collaboration Between Public Health Institutes and Academia
(African Online Scientific Information Systems, 2025)The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant challenges in Africa, including weak health systems, misinformation, limited vaccine access, and a lack of local data. Effective country-level leadership, coordination, and ... -
Paediatric Anaemia in Rural Kenya and The Role of Travel Time to Emergency Care Services
(Frontiers, 2025)Access to emergency care (EC) services is crucial for severe anaemia outcome. Limited information exists on the association between travel times to EC services and the presentation and severity of anaemia upon hospital ... -
Driving Better Health Outcomes Through Demographic Surveillance
(APHRC, 2025)Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) generate longitudinal population data that can strengthen public health decision-making in Africa, but many sites remain underutilized due to inconsistent methods, weak ... -
The Power of Data Science for Personalized Predictive Health
(APHRC, 2025)Data science is transforming health care by enabling personalized and predictive approaches that draw on diverse data sources beyond traditional clinical records. This article explores how integrating data from mobile ... -
The Impact of The PEPFAR Funding Freeze on HIV Deaths And Infections: A Mathematical Modelling Study of Seven Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The Lancet, 2025)On January 24, 2025, the United States government issued an executive order to freeze all foreign aid programs, including The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), for 90 days. A limited waiver option became ... -
Factors Associated with Self-Reported Diagnosis of Depression in Kenya: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey
(PubMed Central, 2025)Mental health issues, particularly depression, have seen a significant increase worldwide in recent years, raising global concern. Depression is projected by the World Health Organization to become the leading cause of ...
