Baobab Research Programme Consortium

The refugee crisis remains a defining global challenge, yet Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) needs among displaced populations—and strategies to address them—are poorly understood.

The Baobab Research Programme Consortium (Baobab), led by Population Council Inc., with Population Council–Kenya, and the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), operates across the East and Horn of Africa, home to 22.3 million displaced people.

Baobab is building a robust, policy-relevant evidence base on violence against children, unintended pregnancy, and unsafe abortion. Using globally recognised SRHR tools in refugee settings for the first time, Baobab generates real-time data to inform and improve interventions. Through strategic partnerships, we support humanitarian actors to scale successful models and enhance aid effectiveness.

With a strong equity lens, Baobab prioritises women and children—who make up the majority of vulnerable refugees—and works to reduce SRHR disparities between refugees and host communities. By amplifying scholarly contributions from the global south, Baobab is reshaping the global evidence base to be more contextually grounded and policy responsive.