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When a child has a disability, especially an intellectual one, a father’s involvement often shifts in complex ways.
Obesity remains a problem in Africa.
Adolescent girls living in low-income urban informal settlements face challenges that elevate their susceptibility to early childbearing.
An assessment of a learning intervention showed that the impact differed between groups of pupils.
An education sector that responds to the different needs of boys and girls creates equal participation in learning.
Packaged foods in Kenya are required to list ingredients, but this information can be hard to interpret.
Kenya’s institutions, communities and leaders need to make the new law work for those it was designed to serve.
A pilot programme in 15 schools demonstrates how targeted, structured interventions can rapidly close foundational literacy gaps.
The Kenyan education department should establish the root causes of the low performance in maths, and fix them.
Si des fonds ne sont pas rapidement mobilisés pour combler le vide laissé par le retrait des États-Unis, la santé de millions d'Africains sera menacée.
People of African descent often have non-communicable and infectious diseases at the same time. Research needs to be done into integrated treatment.
US withdrawal from the WHO and of all foreign aid will have dire consequences for Africa. It’s time the continent took responsibility for its own people.
Pregnant Kenyan teens aren’t getting support before or after pregnancy – setting them up for a life of hardship.
Au Sénégal derrière chaque acte tragique d'infanticide se cachent des histoires de désespoir, de stigmatisation et d'injustice reproductive.
Understanding how cancer is discussed across diverse languages and cultural contexts is crucial, especially on a continent that has more than 2,000 languages.
Une fille sur quatre, âgée de 15 à 19 ans, ayant eu une relation, a été victime de violence. Parmi ces victimes, 40 % se trouvent en Afrique.
One in four girls between the ages of 15 and 19 globally who have been in a relationship have suffered abuse. Forty percent of these are in Africa.
Emotional, violent and sexual abuse are rife at an age when victims are scarred for life.
Studies show that teaching parents how to support their children can lead to improvements in literacy.
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Researcher, 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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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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Post Doctoral 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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Researcher and PhD student, 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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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center