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Basic maternal and child health continuum of care in regional Kenya.
(2021)This policy brief highlights descriptive findings of the maternal and child health (MCH) continuum of health care in rural/semi-rural western Kenya. The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) and Amsterdam ... -
Use of e-health programmes to deliver urban primary health-care services for noncommunicable diseases in middle-income countries.
(2021)While the County Department of Health routinely collects data on post-abortion care within the local health facilities, not much is known about unsafe abortions, and little evidence exists on the drivers of unsafe abortion, ... -
An in-depth insight into the household and healthcare financing in rural and peri-urban households in Kakamega and Kisumu
(2021)About 100 million of the world’s population is driven into extreme poverty due to ill health and lack of access to quality healthcare. Governments prioritize to ensure that the population accesses essential health services ... -
The interplay of top-down and bottom-up strategies to improve learning outcomes.
(APHRC, 2020)Top-down, bottom-up, and incremental approaches are usually applied to the implementation of policies (DarlingHammond, 2000). Top-down strategies refer to a more linear, unitary and rational process where decisions are ... -
Insights from Kenya: How to keep children from poorer homes in School. Nairobi: Conversation Africa.
(The Conversation, 2020)It is widely recognised that education is a public good, which should be accessed by all, as a human right - irrespective of someone’s gender and socioeconomic or disability status. It is a goal that’s enshrined in the fourth ... -
Explaining educational disparities in Diourbel and Kaffrine.
(JSTOR, 2020)In Senegal, adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years, and young adults aged 20-24 represent 22.5% and 9% of the general population respectively (ANSD, RGPHAE 2013). Senegal is one of five countries globally with the lowest ... -
The State of Education and Implications of SRHR on the Education of Adolescent Girls in Senegal.
(APHRC, 2020)In Senegal, adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years, and young adults aged 20-24 represent 22.5% and 9% of the general population respectively (ANSD, RGPHAE 2013). Senegal is one of five countries globally with the lowest ... -
Equity and inclusion: Towards an accelerated action to enhance learning in East Africa (being designed). Briefing Paper. Nairobi: APHRC
(APHRC, 2020)Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania are signatories to the national laws, regional and international conventions which reassert the role of the State to ensure the rights of children, particularly in education, are protected and ... -
Strengthening the Capacity of Teachers on Play-Based Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa
(APHRC, 2023-07)Quality early childhood education (ECE) can improve school readiness, positively influence learning outcomes, and increase primary and secondary school completion rates, particularly for marginalized children (1). Play is ...
