APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Effects of the Informed Health Choices Secondary School Intervention on the Ability of Lower Secondary Students in Kenya to Think Critically About Health Choices: 1-year Follow-up of a Cluster-randomized Trial
(BioMed Central (Springer Nature), 2025)This cluster-randomized trial evaluated the one-year follow-up of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) secondary school intervention in Western Kenya. Conducted across 80 schools, the intervention included 10 lessons and ... -
Willingness to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19 and Associated Factors in Migori County, Kenya: Analysis of Cross-sectional Observational Survey Data
(PLOS (Public Library of Science), 2025)Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the daunting challenge of vaccine hesitancy. We aimed to describe attitudes towards virus containment and vaccination in rural Kenya. Identifying factors associated with willingness ... -
Impact of Schistosoma Mansoni Infection on the Gut Microbiome and Hepatitis B Vaccine Immune Response in Fishing Communities of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
(MDPI, 2025)This study examines the impact of Schistosoma mansoni infection on the gut microbiome and the immune response to the hepatitis B vaccine among Ugandan fishing communities. Participants were tested for S. mansoni and treated ... -
High Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant Bacteria on Patient Medical File Surfaces at Five Critical Care Units in Kampala, Uganda: an Explanatory Sequential Mixed-methods Study
(Cambridge University Press, 2025)Intensive care units (ICUs) and high-dependency units (HDUs) care for critically ill patients, many of whom have multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria.Reference Lakbar, Medam and Ronfl1,Reference Tosi, Roat and De Biasi2 ... -
Framework to Guide the Use of Mathematical Modelling in Evidence-based Policy Decision-making
(BMJ (British Medical Journal), 2025)This study develops a comprehensive framework to guide the use of mathematical modeling in evidence-based policy decision-making, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Drawing from COVID-19 pandemic ... -
Evaluating the Generalisability of Region-naïve Machine Learning Algorithms for the Identification of Epilepsy in Low-resource Settings
(PLOS (Public Library of Science), 2025)This pilot stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial evaluated the effect of text message reminders on newborn vaccination timing in Nairobi slums. Pregnant women either received SMS prompts for birth-dose vaccines (oral polio ... -
Sub-population Identification of Multimorbidity in Sub-saharan African Populations
(Springer Nature, 2025)This study develops an automated stratification approach to detect sub-populations with anomalously high or low multimorbidity rates in sub-Saharan African datasets, using survey data from Nairobi (Kenya) and Agincourt ... -
Unwrapping the Global Financing Facility: Understanding Implications for Women's Children's and Adolescent's Health Through Layered Policy Analysis
(Taylor & Francis, 2025)The paper presents a multi-layered policy analysis of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) documents such as Investment Cases and World Bank Project Appraisal Documents for 28 countries. It compares tracer themes (maternal/newborn ... -
Text Message Reminders to Improve the Timeliness of Birth Dose Vaccine Administration Among Newborns in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2025)This pilot trial in Kenya's Viwandani informal settlement tested whether text message reminders improved timely administration of birth dose vaccines (OPV 0 and BCG) to newborns. Using a stepped-wedge design, pregnant women ... -
Impact of Differentiated Service Delivery Models on Quality of Life Among People Living with Hiv in Uganda– a Quasi-experimental Study
(BioMed Central (Springer Nature), 2025)This quasi experimental study evaluated the effect of differentiated service delivery (DSD) models such as fast-track drug refill and facility-based groups on quality of life (QoL), loss to follow up, and mortality among ...
