African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

The African Population and Health Research Center is the continent's premier research institution and think tank, generating evidence to drive policy action to improve the health and well being of African people. As a progressive African-led global research center invested in creating legacy impact, our work is centered in three integrated programmatic divisions: Research: Our teams orient their research agendas to global and continental development priorities bringing independent evidence to the forefront of decisions supporting improved growth and development in the region. The center's research priorities fall within six thematic units: Aging and Development; Education and Youth Empowerment; Health and Systems for Health; Maternal and Child Wellbeing; Population Dynamics and Sexual Reproductive Health and; Urbanization and Wellbeing in Africa. Anchoring the six is our Data, Measurement and Evaluation Unit providing internal support for robust data systems and outward looking technical assistance in program evaluation and data use. Research capacity strengthening: Through strategic partnerships, the Center strives to nurture African research leadership by building a critical mass of researchers to meaningfully engage with policy actors in developing, reviewing and implementing policies and programs relevant to the continent's development. Policy engagement and communications: The Center builds relationships with key decision-making bodies at the national, regional and global levels to encompass engagements with government and non-government entities, as well as academic, advocacy and research institutions: all in service to our agenda of ensuring contextual, relevant and localized knowledge as a driver of change. Our goal is to become a continental model for robust, policy-oriented, rigorous research that emphasizes synergy and collaboration.

Primary Functions

• Awareness Raising/Advocacy
• Program/Project Implementation
• Research - project evaluation

Secondary Functions

• Capacity building/Technical assistance
• Networking/Convening
• Research - policy analysis

Geographic Scope

• Global / regional

Attainment

• Primary completion
• Primary enrollment
• Primary to secondary transition
• Secondary completion

Other skills

• Life skills/sexuality education
• Social and emotional learning

Skills

• Civics education
• Literacy
• Numeracy

Website

African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)

Headquarters location(s)

• Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
• Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya

Office location(s)

• Kenya
• Senegal