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Education Research
Education empowers young people to face the challenges of becoming adults, parents, and economically productive citizens. -
Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health Research Theme
The Population Dynamics and Reproductive Health (PDRH) theme’s overriding goal is provide scientific evidence and articulate policy and program priorities for sustainable population growth and improved reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa. -
Health Systems and Challenges [Theme]
A critical threat to health and development in sub-Saharan Africa is HIV/AIDS, which claims some 2.4 million lives in the region each year. At the same time, non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancers are growing problems in Africa as a result of aging populations and changing lifestyles -
Urbanization and Wellbeing [Theme]
By 2020, the majority of sub-Saharan Africans will live in cities. Rapid urbanization in the region amid declining or stagnant economies coupled with poor governance has forced many poor urban residents to live in deplorable conditions
Realising Rights project shortlisted for a British Medical Journal (BMJ) award
Most researchers want their work to have an impact on policy and practice but many are unclear about what influencing strategies they should use. Researchers and communications professionals in the Realising Rights Research Programme Consortium have been working as part of SHHEP to understand how to encourage decision makers to use their findings. This work has been shortlisted for a BMJ award. ... > Read More
Even among the poorest of the poor in Kenya, it’s the better-off families that take their children to public primary schools where free primary education is offered.
This is one of the major and unexpected facts emerging from APHRC’s continuous research on schooling in two informal settlements (slums) and two formal settlements (relatively low-income) in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. This is unexpected because Kenya is implementing a free primary education policy primarily to ensure that the poorest of the poor are not locked out of school due to lack of school fees.