African Population and Health Research Center

18/11/2025

The 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium panel discussions are designed to position Africa as a driving force in shaping a fairer, tech-driven global health future.

Tomorrow, we kick off the 1st panel discussion on Reimagining Financing for Africa’s Health Future.

🔗 Register here to join the discussion: https://buff.ly/gXCgOvC

18/11/2025

Ahead of the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium (AHDARS), Dr Seye Abimbola today gave a Public Lecture on The Politics of Global Health Research: The payer, the piper and the tune. Global health encompasses not only international domestic flows but also the power dynamics and structural conditions that influence people's health and well-being.

Key takeaway from his presentation: Foreign aid cannot solve the health problems of any country: If we want equity, we have to understand the systems working against it. This framework lays out six conditions that hold us back and what we can do to challenge each one. That means:
✅ Building our own knowledge platforms
✅Challenging colonial mindsets
✅ Addressing the roots of mis-education
✅ Calling out mislabelling and incomplete narratives
✅Strengthening governance and fairness
✅Claiming space where our voices are missing

It starts with awareness, but it ends with action: building, educating, analysing, governing, and taking space.

18/11/2025

🔊 New E-Course Alert!

Are you looking to increase the reach and impact of your research journal?

Enroll now for our self-paced course, “Discoverability and Visibility of African Journals,” and gain practical tools to:
✅Improve editorial workflows
✅Strengthen journal quality
✅Enhance your web presence
✅Track visibility metrics effectively

Self-paced | 20 hours of learning

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18/11/2025

🌐 Globally, drug-resistant infections currently claim around 700,000 lives annually, and this figure is projected to rise to 10 million by 2050 if left unchecked AfricaCDC.

At APHRC, through the JPIAMR Fund Management Initiative with the support of SIDA, 22 projects across Africa are driving Antimicrobial Resistance ( ) research, innovation & policy action to protect our present and secure our future.

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17/11/2025

In case you missed our webinar on linking research evidence to policy and practice.

The speakers highlighted lessons from Lagos and Kano States in Nigeria where researchers engaged communities and government agencies to produce actionable data to inform maternal health policy.

🔗 Watch the recording here https://buff.ly/OZ5JhaV

Nigeria’s high maternal mortality rate, particularly in Kano and Lagos States, underscores the need for real-time data to guide life-saving interventions. Wi...

17/11/2025

staff today participated in an open conversation on research equity, publishing practices and capacity strengthening with Dr. Seye Abimbola, a renowned global health champion. This engagement is part of the build up activities that the Center is hosting ahead of the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium (AHDARS) that will be held later this week.

Some of the key highlights from today’s session include:

✅ Looking ahead to the future of academic publishing: In five years, it's hard to imagine a world where AI isn't playing a role in peer review. If AI can make work more efficient, it’s only a matter of time before one leading journal sets the example. None of this is guaranteed but it’s a shift we need to prepare for.

✅ Publishing for recognition vs. impact: Publishing for recognition alone misses the mark. We shouldn’t just aim to be seen, our work should create real impact.

✅ Making the African story heard: Change won’t come unless we claim our own space. Nobody else will tell the African story for us. It’s up to us to do the work, trust in its value, and deliver it to the audience who needs to hear it, in its most powerful form.

17/11/2025

Research findings are only impactful when they are put into practice to drive impact.

APHRC recently studied the Blantyre Prevention Strategy (BPS) in Malawi - a systems-based initiative aimed at detecting risks, boosting service demand, and improving the delivery and utilization of HIV prevention services.

Explore how findings from the study were deployed to inform practical change.

By Joshua Eliud Ann Wanjiku Kigondu, Joy Chepkemboi, and Collins Omenda │p.22│

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14/11/2025

Next week, from November 19-20, stakeholders from across Africa and the world will convene for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium which will be held at APHRC Nairobi campus and online to reimagine the future of global health.

Day two of the symposium will feature in-depth discussions on digital transformation with a closer look at digital innovations transforming health systems across the continent. You can’t afford to miss this.

Register now and be part of Africa leading its future!
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14/11/2025

Did you know that globally, 7 in 10 people suffering from diabetes are of working age?

As we commemorate World Diabetes Day, let's recognize the impact this condition has on individuals, families, and workplaces.

🔎 Early detection, proper management, and supportive environments can make all the difference.

🤝 Together, we can create healthier communities.

14/11/2025

Today, ’s Challenging the Politics of Social Exclusion team in collaboration with Pema Kenya has concluded a one-and-a-half-day stakeholder engagement in Mombasa.

The engagement brought together health care providers, law enforcers, religious leaders and sexual and gender minorities community and allies from Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi.

This engagement presented an opportunity to share evidence from the Kenya studies on the lived experiences, political economy analysis and public perceptions of the sexual and gender minorities in Kenya allowing participants to gain an understanding of the evidence, and identify barriers and opportunities for collaboration in advancing advocacy efforts to gain access to health, legal and social services.

14/11/2025

How do we eliminate barriers that exclude lived experiences in mental health research in Africa?

Discover why findings from such studies should be made accessible as a basis for advocacy, and to push for legal reforms and policy changes that better protect and include those most affected.

Read more in the recently published article on the APHRC Newsletter (Issue 2, 2025).

By Benta Wambui, Onyango Otieno, and Christine Ger.│p.20│

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13/11/2025

invites you to a policy dialogue on: “Leveraging School Feeding and Micro & Small Enterprises (MSEs) to Promote Access to Healthy and Sustainable Food in Kenya and Rwanda.”

Africa’s food systems face a triple burden of malnutrition, undernutrition, obesity, and micronutrient deficiencies driven by limited access to healthy diets because of high costs, conflict, and climate shocks. School going children are the most vulnerable group.

How can school feeding programs serve as a lever to transform food systems, improve nutrition, and empower local MSEs and smallholder farmers in informal settlements?

In this webinar we will share findings from the Catalyzing Change for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems (CCHeFS) Impacts project, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and The Rockefeller Foundation, and implemented in Kenya and Rwanda by , , of Rwanda, and College London.

Key discussion areas:
✅Insights from the CCHeFS project in Kenya & Rwanda
✅Policy opportunities for inclusive school feeding
✅Strengthening the role of MSEs & SHFs in local food systems

🗓️Date: November 18, 2025
⏰Time: 3:00–5:00 PM (EAT)

🔗Register here: https://buff.ly/dDJ3T0k