Getting more children into secondary school in Kenya requires striking a balance between top-down policy and bottom-up implementation.
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The health challenges that Nairobi can expect in the wake of heavy rains are largely preventable.
Kenya spends millions treating women who have complications after unsafe abortions.
Universities could mine alumni databases to improve individual institutions’ work - and raise funds.
Obesity is on the rise among urban African women of reproductive age in all of the 24 countries studied.
Only a quarter of Nairobi’s solid waste reaches the main dumpsite east of the city. Piles of uncollected garbage are a common sight across the capital.
Sub-Saharan countries have unprecedented opportunities to substantially improve health outcomes within a generation, largely with their own resources.
Free maternal services introduced in Kenya in 2013 had the immediate impact of increasing access. But it exposed a divide in which the richest 20% of women were the biggest beneficiaries.
Research in Kenya’s capital found average levels of hazardous solid and liquid particles in the air within households were three times more than the WHO recommended maximum level.
Strong political support, community engagement and effective strategies can improve access to family planning in developing countries.
Older people require both psychological and nutritional support during drought and famine. Kenya needs to implement a comprehensive public health response that assists during emergency situations.
Education outcomes of young people can be improved with targeted interventions. At the centre lies the participation of partners – community, family and schools.
Antenatal care is a vital time for both mother and unborn baby. It promotes and establishes good health before childbirth and after delivery.
At a time when a new national school curriculum is starting its pilot phase in Kenya, a study shows the massive gaps in sexuality education programmes.
The proposed foreign aid cuts by US President Donald Trump will have a devastating impact on healthcare in Africa.
A new education system in set to replace the 32-year-old 8-4-4 system which has come to symbolise much of what’s wrong with education in Kenya today.
Despite increased global awareness about poor conditions in slums, the health of their inhabitants is a little studied phenomenon.
So-called lifestyle diseases such as cancer and heart disease have been rising in Africa, adding to the already huge burden of disease in poor countries. But the research has not kept pace.
Early childhood education services have proliferated in the public and private sectors. But many children who attend these preschool centres do not receive quality services.
The truth is that data in Africa are not produced on time, not frequently enough, are of poor quality and aren’t accurate. This makes it difficult to make data driven decisions.
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Head of Urbanisation and Wellbeing, African Population and Health Research Center, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Executive Director, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
