APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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"Your Behavior Is Not Welcome Here" : Forced Internal Displacement of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Kenya
(Frontiers, 2025)While migration studies have boomed, little is mentioned about internal displacement of queer persons. In Kenya, internal displacement of sexual and gender minorities is often overlooked and not well understood, which ... -
Examining the Associations between Social Support and Postpartum Depression Symptoms among Adolescent Mothers in Nairobi, Kenya
(BMC, 2025)This study aimed to measure the prevalence of postpartum depressive symptoms and explore the association between different forms of social support and postpartum depressive symptoms. In this study, one-quarter of adolescent ... -
Evaluating the Acceptability and Feasibility of a Life Skills Training Intervention for Adolescent Mothers in Korogocho, Kenya
(APHRC, 2025)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 ... -
Evaluation of the Blantyre Prevention Strategy: Program Design, Implementation, and Impact
(APHRC, 2025)Malawi continues to grapple with a high HIV burden compounded by systemic weaknesses in its healthcare infrastructure. In response, the Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS) was implemented as a six-year initiative focused ... -
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, ... -
Urban Health in Africa. In: Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu (Editors) Urban Health in Africa. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press. Pp 1�14.
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025)Urban Health in Africa provides a comprehensive exploration of how rapid urbanization across the African continent shapes health outcomes, socio-economic wellbeing, and sustainability. Bringing together scholars and case ... -
Ambient and Household Air Pollution in African Cities, in: Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu (Editors) Urban Health in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025)This chapter examines the dual burden of ambient (outdoor) and household (indoor) air pollution across urban centers in Sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights significantly elevated concentrations of pollutants�such as fine ... -
Urban Health: 2030 and Beyond. In: Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu (Editors) Urban Health in Africa. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 341�348.
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025)In �Urban Health: 2030 and Beyond�, the authors Blessing Mberu and Elaine O. Nsoesie offer a forward-looking vision for the future of urban health across Africa. Building on the preceding chapters, they synthesize key ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health of Young People in Urban Africa. In: Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu (Editors) Urban Health in Africa, Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 213�231.
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025)This chapter examines sexual and reproductive health (SRH) among adolescents and young people (ages ~10�24) in urban African contexts. It explores key risk factors�such as early sexual initiation, unintended pregnancies, ... -
The Challenges of Informal Settlements and Slums in Urban Africa. In: Elaine O. Nsoesie and Blessing Mberu (Editors) Urban Health in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025)This chapter examines the complex challenges faced by residents of informal settlements and slums across African cities, focusing on how rapid urbanization creates persistent vulnerabilities in living conditions, infrastructure, ...
