APHRC Corporate Knowledge Repository: Recent submissions
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Levels and Determinants of Person-Centred Maternity Care among Women Living in Urban Informal Settlements: Evidence from Client Exit Surveys in Nairobi, Lusaka and Ouagadougou
(BMJ, 2025)Sub-Saharan Africa's rapid urbanisation has led to the sprawling of urban informal settlements. The urban poorest women are more likely to experience worse health outcomes and poor treatment during childbirth. This study ... -
Broken Promises: The USA Foreign Aid Freeze Threatens Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health
(The Lancet, 2025)In The Lancet, we present a concerning picture of progress in improving reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) and nutrition, characterised by a marked slowdown since the 2016 launch of the ... -
The 2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown to 2030 for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health: Tracking Progress on Health and Nutrition
(The Lancet, 2025)In line with previous progress reports by Countdown to 2030 for Women's, Children's, and Adolescents' Health, this report analyses global and regional trends and inequalities in health determinants, survival, nutritional ... -
Associations Between Extreme Weather Events and Child Undernutrition: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2010 - 2019
(BMJ, 2025)Extreme weather events, or natural disasters, present a large and increasing threat to human health, infrastructure and food security, including in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the burden of undernutrition is high. ... -
Inclusive Education and School Preparedness during COVID-19. In An Introduction to Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (1st ed., p. 14). eBook ISBN 9781003353188
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2025)This chapter grapples with the role of schools in disaster contexts, how inclusive education can respond to these additional challenges for children with disabilities, and then moves toward recommendations on how education ... -
Creating Pathways for Refugee Teacher Recognition and Registration
(APHRC, 2025)Recognizing refugee teachers is more than a moral obligation; it is a strategic investment in global education and social cohesion. By addressing systemic barriers through the Shirika Plan and other frameworks, refugee ... -
Inclusion of Refugee Teachers into Kenya's National Education System
(APHRC, 2025)Kenya hosts over 774,000 registered refugees, most of whom reside in the Dadaab and Kakuma camps (UNHCR, 2024). Within these camps, more than 160,000 refugee learners are enrolled in approximately 200 schools, many of which ... -
Advancing Gender-Transformative Parenting to Improve Early Childhood Development Outcomes in Kakamega County
(APHRC, 2025)Teenage parenthood continues to pose serious developmental and socioeconomic challenges in Kenya. According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, 15% of adolescent girls aged 15 -19 have begun childbearing. ... -
Support for Learners with Learning Disabilities: A Call for Differentiated and Individualized Instruction
(APHRC, 2025)Learners with learning disabilities could benefit from differentiated and individualized instructions to achieve learning gains. This policy brief focuses on support for learners with learning disabilities and attempts to ... -
School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Kenya: Gaps and Recommendations
(APHRC, 2025)School-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) takes many forms, such as corporal punishment, bullying, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, and sexual violence, many of which are a result of harmful gender norms and inequality. ...
