The EAC Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill should be an opportunity for clerics and human rights advocates to collaborate COMMENT | YVONNE MPAMBARA | The East Africa Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill 2021 has been at the center of recent discourse in the media and in different technical spheres …
Read More »‘Covid-19 has shown research capacity of African scientists’
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi is the Executive Director of African Population Health Research Center (APHRC), an Africa-led research institution based in Nairobi, Kenya. She spoke to Ian Katusiime about their 20th anniversary, COVID-19 and related issues. APHRC just received a grant of US$15m from MacKenzie Scott. What does this mean …
Read More »Kenyan hospital opens human milk bank
Kenya’s first human milk bank has opened at Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, spoke to the team spearheading APHRC’s research efforts in the establishment of Kenya’s first milk bank. How long has it taken to open? What were the biggest obstacles? The process of establishment of …
Read More »Slum health is not urban health
By Alex Ezeh, Blessing Mberu and Tilahun Haregu Why we must distinguish between the two We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives in urban areas. The United Nations estimates that by 2030 five billion of the world’s population of eight billion will …
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