Annual Reports
Population Council Kenya Annual Report 2023: Amplifying the Impact of Evidence-Based Programs in Kenya and Eastern Africa, Population Council Kenya
Population Council Kenya Annual Report 2024: Driving change through Research, Community Partnerships and Policy Insights, Population Council Kenya
Articles (peer-reviewed)
Interventions addressing impacts of climate change on sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review, Jacinter Amadi, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Betsy Sambai, and Beth Kangwana
Long-term impacts of a cash plus program on marriage, fertility, and education after six years in pastoralist Kenya: A cluster randomized trial, Karen Austrian, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Eva Ireri Muluve, Abdullahi Aden, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Benta Abuya, and Beth Kangwana
Systematic review of reviews on interventions to engage men and boys as clients, partners and agents of change for improved sexual and reproductive health and rights, Ann Gottert, Julie Pulerwitz, Renay Weiner, Chantalle Okondo, Jesse Werner, Sarah Magni, and Sanyukta Mathur
Experiences of integrating a psychological intervention into a youth-led empowerment program targeting out-of-school adolescents, in urban informal settlements in Kenya: A qualitative study, Beth Kangwana, Joan Mutahi, and Manasi Kumar
Attitudes and beliefs towards contraception and future intention to use a method among women in refugee settlements in Uganda, Peter Kisaakye, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Gloria Seruwagi, Yadeta Dessie, Bonnie Wandera, Dagim Habteyesus, Abir Nur, Stephen Kizito, Caroline W. Kabiru, Stella Muthuri, and Chi-Chi Undie
Associations between childhood violence and mental health in refugee settings in Uganda, Peter Kisaakye, Gloria Seruwagi, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Stella Muthuri, Caroline W. Kabiru, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, and Chi-Chi Undie
Impact of Covid-19 on antenatal care: Evidence from Madagascar Demographic and Health Survey, Monica A. Magadi, Francis Obare, Neema Kaseje, and Pensee Wu
Effects of a single cash transfer on school re-enrollment during COVID-19 among vulnerable adolescent girls in Kenya: Randomized controlled trial, John A. Maluccio, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, Eva Ireri Muluve, Faith Mbushi, and Karen Austrian
Experiences of young mothers with the uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in the Lake endemic region, Kenya, Dennis Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, George Odwe, Oscar Okoth, and Zoe Nakuya
Do adolescent girls’ education and friendships have independent effects on early pregnancy? Results of a mediation analysis from a longitudinal cohort study in Nairobi, Kenya, Christina Misunas, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Beth Kangwana, and Nicole Haberland
Integrating mental health management into empowerment group sessions for out-of-school adolescents in Kenyan informal settlements: A process paper, Joan Mutahi, Beth Kangwana, Dorcas Khasowa, Irene Muthoni, Oliver Charo, Alfred Muli, and Manasi Kumar
Adolescent school retention post COVID-19 school closures in Kenya: A mixed-methods study, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, Erica Soler-Hampejsek, Eva Ireri Muluve, Daniel Osuka, and Karen Austrian
Highlights from the first-ever violence against children and youth survey conducted exclusively in a humanitarian setting, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, Gloria Seruwagi, Begona Fernandez, Constanza Ginestra, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chi-Chi Undie
Estimating incidence of induced abortion and unintended pregnancy among women in refugee settlements in Uganda, George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Francis Obare, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Bonnie Wandera, Stephanie Küng, Caitlin Rich, and Margaret Giorgio
Factors influencing community-facility linkage for case management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) among young infants in Kenya, George Odwe, Wilson Liambila, Kezia K'Oduol, Zipporah Nyangacha, Hellen Gwaro, Alexandra Haake Kamberos, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Women’s empowerment and uptake of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy: Results from a cross-sectional baseline survey in the Lake endemic region, Kenya, George Odwe, Dennis Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, Stephen Kizito, Oscar Okoth, and Beth Kangwana
Disability, childhood experiences of violence and associated health outcomes in refugee settlements in Uganda, George Odwe, Stella Muthuri, Francis Onyango, Peter Kisaakye, Gloria Seruwagi, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chi-Chi Undie
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence against women and its association with violence against children in refugee settlements in Uganda, George Odwe, Francis Obare, Stella Muthuri, Peter Kisaakye, Dagim Habteyesus, Gloria Seruwagi, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Yadeta Dessie, Bonnie Wandera, Caroline W. Kabiru, and Chi-Chi Undie
Embedding implementation research to cross the quality of care chasm during the covid-19 pandemic and beyond, Michael A. Peters, Keith Cloete, George Odwe, Gizachew Tadele, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Hema Magge, and Sanam Roder-DeWan
A comparison of acceptability of contraceptive vaginal rings, pills, and injectables among cisgender women in Kenya and Zimbabwe: Protocol for a mixed-methods study, Chelsea Polis, Francis Obare, Irene Bruce, Cynthia Banda, Lisa Haddad, Antwanette Heyns, Petros Isaakidis, Mercy Kamupira, et al., Sanyukta Mathur, Marlena Gehret Plagianos, Bruce Variano, Brady Zieman, and George Odwe
Optimizing integration of community-based management of possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) in young infants into primary healthcare systems in Ethiopia and Kenya: Successes and challenges, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh, George Odwe, Alexandra Haake Kamberos, Kezia K’Oduol, Zipporah Moraa, Hellen Gwaro, Dessalew Emaway, Hema Magge, Yasir Bin Nisar, and Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Estimating the incidence of induced abortion among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Stephanie Küng, George Odwe, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Caitlin Rich, Peter Kisaakye, Caroline W. Kabiru, Francis Obare, and Margaret Giorgio
Women's beliefs about methods and contraceptive discontinuation: Results from a prospective study from Nairobi and Homa Bay counties in Kenya, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Martin Kavao Mutua, George Odwe, Francis Obare Onyango, Kazuyo Machiyama, John B. Casterline, and John C. Cleland
Audio/Video
The Realities of Unstoppable Humans—Nawiri Project Dissemination Podcast Series, Feminist For Peace Rights and Justice Centre
Webinar—How Frontline Communities Are Protecting SRHR Amid Climate Change: Community solutions and regional insights, Mary Nicholaus, Reinhard Bonke Nyandire, Jacinter Amadi, Kirsten Krueger, Ricardo Regules, and Safia Ahsan
AGI-K REPORT Documentary 2023, Population Council Kenya
Revive IPTp: Implementing Innovative Community-Based Approaches to Address Malaria in Pregnancy, Population Council Kenya
The One Who Uses a Pencil Will Go Far, Population Council Kenya
Young Feminist Organizing (YFO) Project video—Nawiri: Impact of YFOs, Population Council Kenya
Young Feminist Organizing (YFO) Project video—Nawiri: Who and Why, Population Council Kenya
Documentary: Getting it Right! Improving Kenya’s Human Capital by Reducing Stunting—A Household Account, Presidential Policy and Strategy Unit (PASU), Sahihi Africa, and Population Council Kenya
Briefs
Sexual and reproductive health is inadequately addressed in climate change actions in sub-Saharan Africa, Jacinter Amadi and George Odwe
Contraceptive use, intention to use, and method preferences among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Evidence Brief, Baobab Research Programme Consortium
Availability of post-abortion care in refugee settlements in Uganda: Evidence Brief, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Capacity of the health system to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Evidence Brief, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Incidence of induced abortion and severity of abortion-related complications among women in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Evidence Brief, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Unintended pregnancy, induced abortion, and abortion-related complications among women in humanitarian settings in Uganda: Evidence Brief, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Gender and education practice in Kenya, Meredith Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, and Lina López-Lalinde
Gender and education evidence in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa
Gender and education in Kenya, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith L. Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, and Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa
The state of gender and education needs in Kenya: The missing step toward gender equity, Lina López-Lalinde, Meredith Kozak, Eva Ireri Muluve, Ruth Nanjekho Wafubwa, and Erica Soler-Hampejsek
Community-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Midline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties—Evidence brief, Zoe Nakuya and Dennis Matanda
Effectiveness of community-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Endline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties, Kenya—Evidence brief, Zoe Nakuya and Dennis Matanda
Rapid evidence assessment on the landscape and impact of young feminist organizing in Kenya, Chantalle Okondo, Beth Kangwana, S. Ndolo, N. Maina, and Jerry Okal
Chapters
Case study of prospects of Digital Health for Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, Pauline Bakibinga, Dennis Matanda, and Elizabeth Bakibinga
Data Sets
Evaluation of the NISITU Program: A quasi-experimental study to determine the effect of a gender attitudes and gender-based violence program for adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya, Karen Austrian and Beth Kangwana
Bridging the gaps: Mental health support for out of school adolescents in urban slums in Kenya, Beth Kangwana and Manasi Kumar
Revitalisation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy in Kenya (Revive IPTp), Dennis Matanda, Stephen Kizito, and Francis Obare
Fact Sheets
Violence against children and youth in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Factsheet, Baobab Research Programme Consortium
Driving local solutions with regional impact—PC Kenya 2023 highlights, Population Council Kenya
PC Kenya at a Glance 2024: Driving change through Research, Partnerships and Policy Insights, Population Council Kenya
Revitalizing Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy in Kenya, Population Council Kenya
Violence against children and adolescents in refugee settings in Uganda, Together for Girls, Population Council, Population Council Kenya, and African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Graphics/Images
Photobook: Getting it Right! Improving Kenya’s Human Capital by Reducing Stunting—A Household Account, Presidential Policy and Strategy Unit (PASU), Sahihi Africa, and Population Council Kenya
Guides/Toolkits
Document d'orientation sur l'utilisation de sondages d'opinion et de vignettes pour mesurer l'opinion, les attitudes et les intentions comportementales du public à l'égard des mutilations génitales féminines, Dennis Matanda, Francis Obare Onyango, and Chi-Chi Undie
Girls and Boys Clubs Self-Administered Tool, Francis Obare and Chi-Chi Undie
Le Questionnaire pour etre Administre aux Filles et aux Garçons dans les Clubs, Francis Obare and Chi-Chi Undie
Outil de récits de changement, Francis Obare and Chi-Chi Undie
Stories of Change Tool, Francis Obare and Chi-Chi Undie
Document d‘orientation sur l’utilisation de l’outil confidentiel ou sécurisé pour suivre les cas nouveaux ou récents de mutilation génitale féminine, Francis Obare Onyango, Dennis Matanda, and Chi-Chi Undie
Preprint
Method-specific beliefs associated with the choice of future contraception among women in refugee settlements in Uganda, George Odwe, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, Dagim Habteyesus, Gloria Seruwagi, Yadeta Dessie, Bonnie Wandera, Caroline W. Kabiru, Chi-Chi Undie, and Francis Obare
Presentations
How frontline communities are protecting SRHR amid climate change: Community solutions and regional insights—Slide deck, Mary Nicholaus, Reinhard Bonke Nyandire, and Jacinter Amadi
Protocols
Evaluating a scalable ARCHES (Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings) model in government health facilities in Uasin Gishu county, Kenya: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Erin Pearson, Jasmine Uysal, Jamie Menzel, Chi-Chi Undie, George Odwe, Wilson Liambila, and Jay G. Silverman
Reports
Linking research to action to address unintended pregnancy in refugee settings in Ethiopia, Baobab Research Programme Consortium
Reshaping the narrative around sexual and reproductive health and rights research in refugee settings: Case studies from Baobab, Baobab Research Programme Consortium
Measuring abortion incidence, severity of complications, and health facilities’ capacity to provide abortion care in refugee settings in Ethiopia: Technical report, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Measuring abortion incidence, severity of complications, and health facilities’ capacity to provide abortion care in refugee settings in Uganda: Technical report, Baobab Research Programme Consortium and Guttmacher Institute
Ethiopia Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2024: Data-to-Action workshop report, Yadeta Dessie, Dagim Habteyesus, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Abir Nur, Stella Muthuri, Peter Kisaakye, Bonnie Wandera, Gloria Seruwagi, Francis Obare, Andres Villaveces, Michelle Hynes, Misrak Mohammed, Mulualem Desta, and Chi-Chi Undie
Community-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Midline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties, Dennis Matanda, Zoe Nakuya, Stephen Kizito, and Francis Obare
Community directed-based approaches to promote uptake of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: Endline findings from Kisumu and Migori Counties, Dennis Matanda, Zoe Nakuya, Stephen Kizito, and Francis Obare
Using opinion polls and vignettes to generate robust data to measure public opinion/attitudes on female genital mutilation in Isiolo County, Kenya: A pilot study, Dennis Matanda, Francis Obare, Stephen Kizito, and Chi-Chi Undie
Utilisation de sondages d’opinion et de vignettes pour générer des données solides afin de mesurer l’opinion/ les attitudes du public sur la mutilation génitale féminine dans le comté d’Isiolo au Kenya : une étude pilote, Dennis Matanda, Francis Obare Onyango, Stephen Kizito, and Chi-Chi Undie
Asking and telling in humanitarian contexts: A feasibility assessment of para-social worker-led screening for sexual violence against children in Uganda, Abir Nur, Gloria Seruwagi, George Odwe, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, Prosmolly Ayebale, Monicah Rwotmon, Dagim Habteyesus, Yadeta Dessie, Francis Obare, Yohannes Wado Dibaba, Bonnie Wandera, Chi-Chi Undie, and et al.
An exploration of the landscape of Young Feminist Organizing/Organizations (YFO) in Kenya & Mexico, Jerry Okal, Ricardo Regules-García, Chantalle Okondo, Esperanza Basurto-Alcalde, and Beth Kangwana
L'utilisation de la méthode des confidentes pour mesurer les cas nouveaux ou récents de mutilations génitales féminines : aperçu du comté de Narok, Kenya, Francis Obare Onyango, Dennis Matanda, Tchaiwe Zulu, and Stephen Kizito
Adolescent education, health and wellbeing status in four counties in Kenya: Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, Population Council Kenya
Community-based approaches for strengthening quality, access and utilization of maternal and newborn health services in Kenya—Stakeholders workshop report, Population Council Kenya
Processes, experiences, and impact: A summary report on community-led Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (HVACS) results dissemination in Uganda, Gloria Seruwagi, Peter Kisaakye, Stella Muthuri, George Odwe, Francis Obare Onyango, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Dagim Habteyesus, and Chi-Chi Undie
Ethiopia Humanitarian Violence Against Children and Youth Survey, 2024: Summary report, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Yadeta Dessie, Francis Obare, George Odwe, Dagim Habteyesus, Bonnie Wandera, Peter Kisaakye, Stephen Kizito, Stella Muthuri, Gloria Seruwagi, et al., and Chi-Chi Undie