APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Geographic Inequalities, and Social-Demographic Determinants of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health at Sub-national Levels in Kenya
(BMC, 2025)Global initiatives have emphasized tracking indicators to monitor progress, particularly in countries with the highest maternal and child mortality. Routine data can be used to monitor indicators for improved target setting ... -
When Health Data Go Dark: The Importance of the DHS Program and Imagining its Future
(BMC, 2025)The suspension and/or termination of many programmes funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the new US administration has severe short- and long-term negative impacts on the health ... -
Readiness of Health Facilities to Deliver Family Planning Services and Associated Factors in Urban East-Central Uganda
(BMC, 2025)Health facility readiness is essential for realizing voluntary, rights-based family planning. However, many countries, including rapidly urbanizing Uganda, face challenges in ensuring their health facilities are sufficiently ... -
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Heat Exposure to Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus in Low- & Middle-Income Countries
(Elsevier, 2025)Climate change has led to an increase in global temperatures and adversely impacted human health, for example, by exacerbating the burden of non-communicable diseases. This systematic review and meta-analyses aim to ... -
Investigating the Enablers and Barriers for Hypertension Control in Dakar: A Qualitative System Effectiveness Study.
(BMJ, 2025)Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death worldwide. The leading risk factor, hypertension, is a major public health issue in Senegal, putting the health system under pressure. This qualitative study aimed to ... -
Assessing Courtesy Reporting Bias in Facility-Based Surveys on Person-Centred Maternity Care: Evidence from Urban Informal Settlements in Nairobi and Lusaka
(Journal of global health, 2025)Experience of care is typically measured through client exit surveys administered in the facility. Evidence suggests that such measures suffer from courtesy reporting bias whereby respondents do not accurately report on ... -
Hidden Cities, Hidden Gaps: Measuring Facility Readiness for Maternal and Newborn Health Services and its Association with Person-Centered Maternity Care in Urban Informal Settlements of Nairobi, Lusaka and Ouagadougou Cities.
(medRxiv, 2025)In sub-Saharan Africa, maternal and newborn deaths remain disproportionately higher among low-income populations, and they are associated with delivery in poorly equipped facilities and a shortage of staff to manage birth ... -
Childhood Anemia in Mozambique: A Multilevel Mixed-Effects Analysis of 2011 - 2022/23 Population-Based Surveys
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2025)Anemia adversely affects children's cognitive and motor development and remains a global public health problem. This study aimed to identify the individual, feeding, household, and community determinants of anemia among ... -
Beyond Physical Accessibility, Bypassing Health Facilities Offering Caesarean Section: Insights from Women in Dakar's Slums.
(BMJ, 2025)This study examines the geographic accessibility of Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care (CEmONC) among women residing in the slums of Dakar. Participants included 763 women living in urban slums who had undergone a ... -
Subnational Trends and Inequalities of Under-Immunisation and Zero-Dose among Children Aged 12 - 23 Months in Uganda: A National Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
(BMJ, 2025)Despite the Global Vaccine Action Plan's goal of at least 90% vaccine coverage for all children, Uganda has made limited progress in vaccination over the past decade. The objective of this study was to examine the subnational ...
