Research Papers – Page 14 – Amref Health Africa

Bridging the knowledge gap: accessibility of SRHR information, services and competences of health facilities for adolescents and their care givers in rural Eastern Uganda A quarter of Uganda’s population is aged 10–19 years and majority live in rural areas. Access to sexual and reproductive health services and rights (SRHR) remains a challenge among this population, contributing to a high teenage pregnancy rate of 24.9%… Read More
Persistently high TB prevalence in Nairobi County neighbourhoods, 2015-2022 A 2022 re-survey of nine Nairobi County neighborhoods revealed a persistently high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), with a weighted estimate of 806 per 100,000 people—showing no significant decline since 2015. Among 6,369 participants, 1,582 submitted sputum samples, and 42… Read More
Achievement of one health multi-sectoral collaboration in containment of Rift Valley Fever outbreak, Sudan, Red Sea State 2019 A retrospective analysis of the 2019 Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak in Sudan’s Red Sea State highlights the effective application of the One Health approach in outbreak containment. Between September 2019 and January 2020, 576 human cases and two deaths… Read More
Socio-cultural drivers and barriers to addressing repeat teenage pregnancies and early child /forced marriages in Central and Eastern Uganda With 25% of teenagers pregnant by age of 19 and about half of these married before their 18th birth day, Uganda exhibits one of the highest rates of teenage pregnancy and child marriage globally. Comprehensive data on the drivers and… Read More
Vaccination Coverage and Predictors of Vaccination among Children Aged 12-23 Months in the Pastoralist Communities of Ethiopia: A Mixed Methods Design This study assessed vaccination coverage and its associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in pastoralist Ethiopia. It was conducted in three woredas of the Afar region using a community-based cross-sectional mixed methods design with quantitative and qualitative methods. A… Read More
The Role of Family Planning in Enhancing Community Resilience: Insights from Drought-Affected Youths and Women in Ethiopia This study assesses the role of family planning (FP) in resilience building among youths and women in Ethiopia’s drought-affected and food-insecure regions. A mixed-method comparative cross-sectional study design with a total of 1712 study participants with an equal 1:1 ratio… Read More
Influence of government policies on handwashing and vaccine uptake in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to prevent and control COVID-19: a systematic review. A systematic review examining government influence on COVID-19 vaccine distribution and handwashing practices in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania found that public health policies and communication strategies significantly impacted uptake. Out of 136 studies reviewed, 9 met the inclusion criteria. The… Read More
Behavioral and social predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among persons with disabilities in Kenya A mixed-methods study conducted in Kenya among 792 persons with disabilities (PWDs) across four counties revealed that only 59% were fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with significantly lower rates among individuals with cognitive (34.2%) and self-care (36.6%) impairments. The study recommends… Read More

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