Adolescent girls carry the blame for early pregnancy, yet the boys and men who got them pregnant remain invisible.
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Les programmes visant à lutter contre la prostitution doivent être adaptés à chaque contexte. Les facteurs déterminants varient d’un pays à l’autre.
Programmes to address transactional sex need to be customised. The drivers change from country to country.
Remettre en cause les progrès réalisés dans le domaine de l'éducation a de graves conséquences, en particulier pour les filles.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
Chaque ville est différente, mais elles peuvent s'inspirer les unes des autres.
Every city is different but they can learn from each other.
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.
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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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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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Researcher and PhD student, 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
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social scientist, African Population and Health Research Center