APHRC

Generating #evidence, strengthening research capacity, and engaging policy to inform action on population health and wellbeing.

[APHRC @aphrc]

📢🥁🔊🎉The latest #IamAPHRC newsletter is out!

This edition features stories of collaboration and innovation from across the continent, showing what we can do when stakeholders come together.

📖 Read the latest APHRC newsletter: https://t.co/GUGV1FTHua

#Collaborations

[APHRC @aphrc]

Just two weeks to go until #AHDARS2026!

Come ready to connect, collaborate, challenge conventional thinking, and reimagine how we build African-centered data and knowledge systems.

🗓️ November 10-11, 2026.
📍 APHRC Campus in Nairobi and online.

#AfricanDataSystems

[APHRC @aphrc]

Tomorrow, APHRC will launch the Teacher Well-Being (TWB) Study Report, examining the state of teacher well-being in refugee and host-community schools in Garissa and Turkana counties.

📅 October 22, 2026
📍 APHRC Campus,Nairobi

#TeacherWellBeing

[APHRC @aphrc]

Last week, APHRC and Sonder Collective launched an onboarding and knowledge-transfer workshop, following Pathways’ leadership transition to APHRC.

Learn more: https://t.co/VHVSnzURkh

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Building healthier food systems starts with access to the right information.

#IamAPHRC developed #LishePoa, an app designed to help Kenyans make more informed decisions about what they eat.

🔗 Explore LishePoa: https://t.co/Pm8I9GXUt1

#WorldFoodDay2026

@Zero_Hunger_Ke

[Zero Hunger Initiative @Zero_Hunger_Ke]

This #WorldFoodDay2026, the 8th #IamAPHRC's Food Festival comes to Kisumu for the first time!

Dr. Andre Pascal, Director of Research @aphrc highlights the need for innovation, research & collaboration to tackle hunger and malnutrition.
#AfriFOODlinks #ZeroHunger #Right2Food

[APHRC @aphrc]

Read our blog to discover how #IamAPHRC, through the African Union-led African Think Tank Platform (ATTP), is using research and cross-border cooperation to strengthen climate-resilient food systems and address food insecurity across Africa:

🔗https://t.co/gLqJlJdiKu

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This #WorldFoodDay, “Innovate today, Nourish tomorrow,” reminds us that today's choices will shape the food systems of the future.

Climate change is putting food systems, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa at risk.

@ACBF_Official, @NEPAD_Agency

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[APHRC @aphrc]

Through the @_AfricanUnion -led Africa Think Tank Platform (ATTP), APHRC is generating Africa-specific evidence on how climate risks affect food security, nutrition and cross-border food trade.

#Agenda2063 #WeAreAPHRC #APHRCResearch

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➡️Share recommendations to inform the Committee’s ongoing normative work and its engagement with Regional Economic Communities on legislative reform.

#WeAreAfrica #SRHR

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[APHRC @aphrc]

This week, #IamAPHRC co-hosted a side event at the #48th Ordinary Session of the @acerwc on Consent and Access: Strengthening Legal and Policy Frameworks for Children’s & Adolescents’ Access to Health Services in Africa.

@Sida @Rhodes_Uni @ReproRights @nyaleinstitute

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➡️Have a shared understanding of a capacity-based, rights-consistent approach to consent, illustrated through reference provisions and explanatory commentary.

@_katerry_ @OpondoAchy @Chris_Maero @dmdiarafa @amveyange @CKyobutungi

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This event highlights how essential collaboration is among research entities, local authorities, and community market figures to build safer, more resilient, and durable municipal food networks.

#AfriFOODlinks #UrbanFoodSystems #FoodSafety #KisumuCity #APHRCResearch

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Today, #IamAPHRC handed over the AfriFOODlinks-supported cold room at Obunga Pap Mbuta Market to the @CitiOfKisumu , in collaboration with local fish vendors.

@ICLEIAfrica, @ICLEI, @EU_Commission, @Liz_Kimani, @AntoninaNamaem1, @JKKungu

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This milestone strengthens the city's ownership and the facility's sustainability, supporting fish preservation, reducing post-harvest losses, and promoting food safety.

@CitiOfKisumu, @AnyangNyongo, @AginaAg , @CKyobutungi

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...including serving as the regional hub that coordinated 70+ member organizations across Eastern Africa for the first few years, and continues to be an active member, supporting their data and evidence efforts and other clusters.

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#IamAPHRC’s @mngware & @atiabu have been honored by the @ReliAfrica for their dedicated leadership and service to RELI Africa, helping strengthen the network and advance its vision since 2017.

APHRC played a key role in the organization’s establishment....
#WeAreAfrica
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This collaboration will strengthen the connection between research and policy to help address Eswatini’s development priorities.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/KdJ7UhPahC

#PartnershipsForImpact #WeAreAPHRC #APHRCResearch

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[APHRC @aphrc]

@aphrc and the Government of @EswatiniGovern1 have signed an MoU to strengthen the use of research evidence in policymaking and national development.

The partnership aims to bridge research, policy, and practice to advance sustainable development in Africa.

#WeAreAPHRC

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[APHRC @aphrc]

Key areas of collaboration include strengthening research capacity and evidence-informed decision-making, alongside joint work on aging, zoonotic diseases, One Health, antimicrobial resistance, and pandemic preparedness.

#PartnershipsForImpact

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