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Transforming Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health: The Impact of CUSSH Project.
(APHRC, 2025)The Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) project, a six-year Wellcome-funded initiative from 2018 to 2023, employed participatory systems dynamics methods to generate evidence on transforming urban ... -
Using Digital Storytelling to Highlight Climate-Related Mental Health Challenges in Vulnerable Communities
(APHRC, 2025)This blog explores digital storytelling as a participatory method to capture and communicate the mental health impacts of climate?related extreme weather events in vulnerable African communities. By empowering co?researchers ... -
Powering A New Era of Mental Health in Africa Through Data
(APHRC, 2025)This blog describes the Mental Health Data Prize Africa initiative, led by APHRC with Wellcome, which seeks to transform mental health research and practice by harnessing data and innovation. It highlights how the Prize ... -
Revolutionizing Education Through Data Intelligence
(APHRC, 2025)This blog highlights the role of data intelligence in transforming education systems, drawing on experiences from the KIX?SEEDS project in Uganda, Burkina Faso, and Senegal. It showcases how district?level managers and ... -
Why Evidence Still Struggles in African Education Policy: Lessons from the Garbage Can Model
(APHRC, 2025)The blog article explores why research evidence often fails to significantly influence education policy in Africa, despite abundant production by institutions like the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), ... -
The Human Toll of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
(APHRC, 2025)The Human Toll of Vaccine?Preventable Diseases illustrates the profound personal and societal impacts of diseases that could be prevented through vaccination, using real stories from individuals in conflict?affected and ... -
Harnessing Timely Interventions to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The Star, 2025)This opinion blog discusses the urgent need to reduce maternal mortality in Kenya by implementing timely, evidence?based interventions across the continuum of care. It highlights how delayed access to quality antenatal, ... -
Restoring Dignity and Hope for Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
(APHRC, 2025)This blog shares stories and lessons from the Addressing Neglected Areas of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Sub?Saharan Africa (ANeSA) Initiative, which supports research?to?action projects across multiple ... -
Parkinson's Disease in Africa: Bridging the Data Gap for Better Care
(APHRC, 2025)This article sheds light on the under?recognized burden of Parkinson's disease in sub?Saharan Africa, where underdiagnosis, lack of reliable data, and misconceptions about symptoms hinder quality care. APHRC?led research ... -
Overcoming Epilepsy Challenges Through Research and Innovation
(APHRC, 2025)This blog highlights the challenges faced by people with epilepsy in Nairobi's informal settlements, where limited access to diagnosis and care, stigma, and sociocultural beliefs impede quality treatment. It discusses the ...
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