@aphrc.bsky.social
Generating #evidence, strengthening research capacity, and engaging policy to inform action on population health and wellbeing.
🤝 Join us for a webinar on advancing the sustainability and resilience of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) organizations across Africa.
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EAT (GMT +3)
🔗 Register here:https://buff.ly/eL4ydB1
#SRHR#IamAPHRCResearch
🤝 Join us for a webinar on advancing the sustainability and resilience of Sexual and Gender Minority (SGM) organizations across Africa.
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM EAT (GMT +3)
🔗 Register here:https://buff.ly/eL4ydB1
#SRHR#IamAPHRCResearch
“Garbage in, garbage out”
This was the rallying call last week during a meeting with 23 members of the Kenya National Assembly to advocate for legislative action to regulate food environments.
Members committed themselves to champion healthier food environments for the benefit of all Kenyans.
⏰ Happening Today!
🤝 Join the Mental Health Data Prize Africa Initiative for an important discussion on centering lived experience in mental health research and policy.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/F20DlWk
#MentalHealthAfrica #LivedExperience #MentalHealthResearch #APHRC
📢 Webinaire | Dialogue Médias–Recherche
📅 Lundi 1er décembre
⏰ 11h00 – 12h30 GMT
Rejoignez-nous pour le Dialogue Médias-Recherche, une conversation essentielle réunissant journalistes, chercheurs et acteurs du développement.
🔗Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire:https://buff.ly/0Ox9KeY
Happening this Week!
#IamAPHRC Countdown to 2030 Initiative is holding a workshop on communication, documentation, and knowledge translation for operational and implementation research writing for the Zimbabwe Country collaboration team.
#APHRCResearch #IamAPHRC #WeAreAfrica
🗓️ One day to go!
🤝 Join us tomorrow, November 27 at 4:00 PM EAT, as we delve into Antimicrobial Resistance (#AMR) environmental pathways and innovative, context-relevant approaches to strengthen related surveillance across Africa.
🔗 Secure your spot: buff.ly/4pZ6t0N
#IamAPHRC #WeAreAfrica
🔊 Webinar Alert: Media–Research Dialogue
📅 Monday, December 1, 2025
⏰ 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. GMT
Join us for the Media–Research Dialogue, an essential conversation designed to bring together journalists, researchers, and development actors.
🔗 Registration link: buff.ly/u2q4iHY
Did you know that some Kenyan adolescents start using tobacco products as early as age 5?
Kenya’s DaYTA 2024 survey reveal that peer influence remains a major driver; majority of youth report starting to smoke because a friend smoked, alongside curiosity and the appeal of packaging
#DaYTAKE
🤝 Thank you for joining us for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium; your participation and presence contributed to the success of the event.
#APHRCResearch #PoweringAfricasHealthFuture #DecolonizeHealth
In his closing remarks, Joseph Gichuru APHRC’s Deputy Executive Director thanked partners, board members, panelists, staff and all participants of the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium.
#AHDARS2025 #APHRCResearch #PoweringAfricasHealthFuture #DecolonizeHealth
Angela Wamola, Head of Africa, GSMA in her presentation highlighted that it is crucial to leverage technology as an enabler, particularly in the African context, because technology should transform lives and provide meaningful connections for a modern, connected life.
#AHDARS2025 #APHRCResearch
Speaking at the #AHDARS2025 this morning, Bunmi Makinwa, APHRC’s Board Chair emphasized partner collaboration through a transformation journey and carrying everyone along.
🔊 Stay tuned for for more insights and updates from the convening.
#AHDARS2025 #APHRCResearch #PoweringAfricasHealthFuture
This year’s symposium features Dr. Seye Abimbola and his keynote speech focused on the topic: Beyond Colonial Structures Redesigning the Global Health Knowledge Ecosystem in Africa.
🔊 Follow these critical conversations to discover how we can shape the future of Africa’s health and development.
In her opening remarks, Catherine Kyobutungi, APHRC Executive Director welcomed participants and stakeholders to the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium.
Join us and be part of conversations shaping the future of Africa’s health and development.
#AHDARS2025
🔊 New E-Course Alert!
Are you looking to increase the reach and impact of your research journal?
Enroll now for our self-paced course: Discoverability and Visibility of African Journals.
Self-paced | 20 hours of learning
🔗 Enroll via: buff.ly/nQTj5SZ
#AHDARS2025 #APHRCResearch
In case you missed our webinar on lessons from Lagos and Kano States in Nigeria where researchers engaged communities and government agencies to produce actionable data to inform maternal health policy.
🔗 Watch the recording here buff.ly/OZ5JhaV
#WeAreAfrica #IamAPHRC
Next week, from November 19-20, stakeholders from across Africa and the world will convene for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium which will be held at APHRC Nairobi campus and online.
Register now and be part of Africa leading its future!
buff.ly/73kymDb
7 in 10 people who suffer from diabetes are of working age.
As we commemorate World Diabetes Day, let's recognize the impact this condition has on individuals, families, and workplaces.
🔎 Early detection, proper management, and supportive environments can make all the difference.
How do we eliminate barriers that exclude lived experiences in mental health research in Africa and ? Read more in the recently published article on the APHRC Newsletter (Issue 2, 2025).
By Benta Wambui, Onyango Otieno, and Christine Ger.│p.20│
🔗https://buff.ly/SqxA0dV
🔊 Les 19 et 20 novembre 2025, l’Afrique affirmera son leadership en définissant, selon ses propres priorités, les contours de l’avenir de la santé mondiale.
🔗 Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant : buff.ly/73kymDb
#IamAPHRC #WeAreAfrica
#IamAPHRC in partnership with @SciforAfrica @GSMAAfrica @ECSA_HC will hold the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium, November 19-20. Partnerships for Africa.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/73kymDb
“... the most successful efforts for knowledge translation begin early, connect with people’s needs, and make an impact through collaboration”
Read more in the recently published article from APHRC Newsletter (Issue 2, 2025)
By Davis Musyoki│p.16│ 🔗https://buff.ly/SqxA0dV
Join us tomorrow for the final session of our three-part webinar series on safeguarding adolescent sexual and reproductive health in the current funding crisis.
📅 November 12, 2025
🕔1700-1800h EAT
Register here: buff.ly/SaElEmE
#APHRCResearch #SRHR
How can local research drive real-time policy change to save mothers’ lives?
Join us for a webinar: drawing lessons from Kano & Lagos states on innovation for improved maternal health in Nigeria.
🗓️ Date: Thursday, Nov 13
⏰ Time: 2:30 PM EAT/12:30 PM WAT
Register: buff.ly/O7KQkJu
“Silence creates an information vacuum that erodes trust and can lead to the propagation of misinformation, with dire consequences...”
Find out how critical it is for people to understand the why and the so what behind research findings.
By Michelle Mbuthia│ p.14│
🔗https://buff.ly/SqxA0dV
#IamAPHRC’s Alice Ritho is speaking at the African Youth Citizen Science (AYCS) Conference 2025.
In a session exploring ways to empower youth as agents of Climate Action, Alice will reflect on APHRC's work in climate change mitigation initiatives and how youth can actively participate.
The second session of the Research-to-Policy Dialogue Series on Maternal, Newborn, Child Health and Nutrition (MNCH+N) is happening tomorrow.
🔗 Register now to join this critical conversation: buff.ly/aVRYrqv
🗓️ November, 11, 2025
⏰ Time: 4:00–5:30 PM EAT (GMT+3)
🔊 Registration is open!
Join us for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium (AHDARS). It’s happening on November, 19–20, 2025, at our campus in Nairobi and online.
Together, we’ll reimagine the future of Global Health, on Africa’s own terms.
🔗 Register now: buff.ly/73kymD
