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NEWS & BLOG UPDATES

  1. 1000 days and Counting: Act Now, Promote Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival!
  2. Entry into Motherhood among Adolescent Girls in Two Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
  3. Seeing Like a State in Africa: Data Needed
  4. New Publication: Emotional and Psychosocial Aspects of Menstrual Poverty in Resource-Poor Settings: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Adolescent Girls in an Informal Settlement in Nairobi
  5. New Journal Article: Delaying sexual debut as a strategy for reducing HIV epidemic in Kenya
  6. New Journal Article: Adolescent home-leaving and the transition to adulthood: A psychosocial and behavioural study in the slums of Nairobi
  7. The Fading Fad of Flying Toilets Improves Health in Urban Slums
  8. New Publication: Predictors of Sexual Debut Among Young Adolescents in Nairobi's Informal Settlements
  9. New Report: Perspectives on Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Urban Senegal
  10. “Who of you went to bed hungry last night?“
  11. Are Implants the Future of Family Planning in Burundi?
  12. World Health Day: Preventing High Blood Pressure in Nairobi Slums
  13. Media Hit: APHRC Launches Girl-Child Education Initiative
  14. Global Burden of Disease Estimates: Secret Recipes or Spoiled Ingredients?
  15. Bad Air, Ill Health: Air Pollution in Urban Slums
  16. Mainstreaming Migration in Development
  17. Avoid A Broken Heart: Know Your Blood Pressure
  18. Press release :1500 Girls From Nairobi's Poorest Households To Transition Into Secondary School
  19. Media Brief :1500 Girls From Nairobi's Poorest Households To Transition into Secondary School
  20. The Spillover Effect & Family Planning
  21. Importance of Open Access (OA) and Open Data
  22. Family Planning Options for Women in Western Kenya
  23. Tackling Africa's Dual Epidemic: AIDS and Non-Communicable Disease
  24. Voluntary Family Planning and Addressing the Population Growth Factor in Climate Change
  25. Bringing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Urban Contexts to the Forefront of the Development Agenda
  26. Tomorrow is Today Aged 10
  27. Mentorship in The Field of Statistics
  28. On African Statistics Day, What are the Real Obstacles to Statistical Development in Africa?
  29. Wellcome Trust Interviews Alex Ezeh on CARTA
  30. APHRC Unveils The Jubilee Education Fund: Education for Every Child
  31. Investing in Each Other: APHRC and Staff Create Staff Education Fund
  32. Opening Up Microdata Access in Africa
  33. Press Release: Major Conference to Tackle Aging Issues in Africa
  34. Media Brief: Older Populations in Africa: An Opportunity for Development?
  35. Kenya's Plastic Plague: Banning Thin Plastic Bags is Not Enough
  36. New Journal Article: Religion, religiosity and premarital sexual attitudes of young people in the informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya
  37. New Phase of Urban Family Planning Study is Launched!
  38. New Journal Article: Birth spacing and child mortality: An analysis of prospective data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
  39. Insights into childbearing in the informal settlements of Nairobi
  40. Bursaries for bright students who wish to go to high school
  41. Breast Milk, Healthier Babies: How Exclusive Breastfeeding Can Save Infants in Urban Slums.
  42. The Revival Of Family Planning: How Funding Affects Access In Sub-Saharan Africa
  43. Education and Health: Which Comes First?
  44. New Journal Article: Civil society organizations: Capacity to address the needs of the urban poor in Nairobi
  45. Menstruation: A Gift Or A Curse? (Part 1)
  46. APHRC Sports Day: Celebrating the Olympics, Preventing NCDs
  47. 5 Steps to Participatory Community Development
  48. APHRC Teams Do the "Impossible"
  49. Know your Blood Pressure: Community Efforts to Address Cardiovascular Disease
  50. APHRC Marks One Year At Its Kitisuru Campus
  51. Myths and Cultural Beliefs Regarding Maternal and Child Nutrition: A Cause For Worry?
  52. For The Busy Researcher: 9 Steps to Get Back In Shape
  53. Why Do Health And Human Rights Issues Matter For SSA?
  54. Maternal, Newborn And Child Health In Korogocho And Viwandani: Relief Is Here ! Literally!
  55. Journal Article: Global Population Trends and Policy Options
  56. World Population Day 2012: Celebrating the Return of Family Planning and Reproductive Health
  57. HIV in Cameroon: Why Are the Educated Still at Greater Risk?
  58. Journal Article:A Study of Sexual Harassment and Violence Among Girls in Urban Slums
  59. Media: Kisumu Town Tops in Early Sex Among Girls (The Star)
  60. Why Vasectomies Are Good for Kenya

60%

By 2050 60 % of Africans will be living in urban areas. 		 

590

Number of maternal deaths per 100000 live birth in 2008. 		 

24 %

Proportion of young people (aged 15-24) who are illiterate in Africa in 2005-2008.