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Tackling Early Marriage in Senegal: Understanding Drivers and the Collaborative Approaches of Senegal's Ministry of Education in Addressing Early Marriage Challenges
(APHRC, 2024)This brief highlights the drivers of, and consequences of early marriages in Senegal. -
Improving Childcare Provision in Informal Settlements in Nairobi City County
(APHRC, 2024)The early years of a child's life are crucial for their health and development. However, many children in Nairobi's informal settlements grow up in environments that do not support their optimal development. As more women ... -
From Bills to Cradles: Designing Effective Guidelines for Childcare Policy Implementation - Lessons From Kajiado County
(APHRC, 2024)Impactful stakeholder engagement can provide learnings to create guidance on effective childcare provision, especially within nomadic pastoralist settings such as the Maasai community. In such communities where cultural ... -
Empowering School Children From the Urban Poor in Uganda
(APHRC, 2024)The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), in collaboration with state and non-state education actors, launched the urban education project in 2018. This transformative initiative led to the creation of the ... -
Open Education Resources Offer Many Benefits: How to Remove Obstacles
(The Conversation, 2022)This brief presents findings on the impact of Open education resources on research productivity in higher education. Our paper reviewed existing literature and found that open education resources propel research productivity ... -
Deeper Divide: What Kenya’s Pandemic School Closures Left in Their Wake. Nairobi
(The Conversation, 2022)In Kenya, the pandemic disrupted learning for 15 million students in primary and secondary institutions. Schools closed on 16 March 2020, were partially reopened on 19 October 2020, and fully reopened on 4 January 2021. ... -
Women's and Health Providers' Perceptions of Companionship During Labor and Childbirth: A Formative Study for The Implementation of WHO Companionship Model in Burkina Faso.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateBioMed Central, 2023)A key component of achieving respectful maternal and newborn care is labor companionship. Despite important health benefits for the woman and baby, there are critical gaps in implementing labor companionship for all women ... -
The Power of Community Interventions in Promoting Parental Involvement
(APHRC, 2023)The paper focises on how Parental involvement plays a pivotal role in enhancing the education and wellbeing of children (Abuya et al., 2019; Fan & Chen, 2001; Wilder, 2014). Studies show that a unit increase in parental ... -
The Poor State of Childcare Centers in The Nairobi Slums: A Major Threat to Children's Health and Development.
(APHRC, 2023)Investing in quality child care has significant benefits for child health and development and long term impacts on the human capital that is critical for society. Research evidence shows that children who are exposed to ... -
A Call to Action: Support Countries Need to Mitigate the Long-term Impacts of COVID-19 on Education in Africa.
(GPEKIXADEARelief WebUNESCO, 2023)The KIX Observatory on COVID-19 Responses in Africa's Educational Systems collected perspectives of education stakeholders on the potential long-term impacts of COVID-19 on educational systems in seven sub-Saharan Africa ...
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