📢🥁🔊🎉The latest #IamAPHRC newsletter is out!

This edition features stories of collaboration and innovation from across the continent, showing what we can do when stakeholders come together.

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#Collaborations

#AHDARS2026 is just around the corner!

Convened by @aphrc , @SciforAfrica , and @GSMAAfrica , the symposium will bring together key stakeholders, innovators, researchers, and policymakers to explore opportunities, exchange insights, and shape Africa’s digital health future.

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month ends, APHRC’s Hannah Simba shares the warning signs to watch for, why early checks matter, and what she asks of policymakers.

Know your normal! Notice changes! Get checked early!

▶️ Watch the full conversation: buff.ly/J61ITPM

📢 Notre newsletter francophone n°2 est disponible !

Découvrez les initiatives et réalisations du Bureau régional Afrique de l’Ouest de l’APHRC (WARO), au service de la recherche et des politiques publiques.

📖 Bonne lecture !

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1/3: APHRC and the @isioloCounty011 have signed an MoU to strengthen collaboration on implementing the ECD Data Visualization Platform Project.

The three-year project seeks to improve the monitoring of growth and developmental outcomes among children aged 0–5 years.

2/3: Beyond formalizing the partnership, discussions focused on data-sharing arrangements, institutional responsibilities, and the project's expected outcomes over the next three years.

The County received a laptop to support the data processing for the project.

3/3: Through this partnership, the project aims to strengthen the integration and use of ECD data to inform planning, resource allocation, and evidence-based decision-making, ensuring that children's developmental needs are better understood and addressed.

“You can say big things, but the small things you do can actually undo the intent behind the big statements and policies we make. You can’t be the male ally that only lets women take notes and serve snacks and tea in meetings."

~Dr. @CKyobutungi (@aphrc)
#MenAsAllies

@aphrc is hiring 📌📌📢
Check out the open positions in the thread
1. Research Officer – Carnegie Sahel-Sahara NSA Project
Location: Dakar, Senegal

📅 Deadline: 4th November 2026

Apply here:aphrc.org/career/researc…

1/2: On this Africa Day for Food and Nutrition Security, #IamAPHRC reaffirms the importance of evidence-informed action to build resilient food systems and improve nutrition.

#ATTP #Agenda2063 #WeAreAPHRC

2/2: Through the @_AfricanUnion -led African Think Tank Platform (#ATTP), #IamAPHRC is developing the Food Systems Resilience Index (FSRI) to inform policies that seek to strengthen food security across the continent.

@ACBF_Official, @NEPAD_Agency @CKyobutungi , @amveyange

This week, #IamAPHRC, @IFPRI and Wasafiri Consulting convened stakeholders to advance the inclusion of small businesses and smallholder farmers in school meal programs in Kenya’s urban informal settlements.

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With a national school meals rollout planned across all 47 counties from the first school term of 2027, the dialogue focused on exploring how local business associations formed by these suppliers can reliably supply healthy, sustainable food to schools.

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#SchoolMeals #LocalProcurement #FoodSystems #SmallholderFarmers #IamAPHRC

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#IamAPHRC recrute pour un projet de recherche de 36 mois sur le rôle des acteurs non étatiques dans la paix, la santé et la stabilité au Sahel.

🔹Chargé(e) de Recherche : buff.ly/QvX8KU4
🔹Chercheur(e) postdoctoral(e) : buff.ly/PFgNRLD

#APHRCJobs

1/3: New research reveals links between climate and health in Samburu East.

Findings from #IamAPHRC’s @wellcometrust supported #Visibilize4ClimateAction project reveal that:
✅78% of households experienced a climate-related shock in the past 12 months.

2/2:✅75.3% of households were severely food insecure.
✅51.2% of women of reproductive age were underweight.
✅21.4% of children under five were stunted, while 10.9% experienced wasting and 18.3% were underweight.

3/3: Today, #IamAPHRC is sharing these findings with county stakeholders and community representatives to inform action that strengthens climate resilience and protects the health and well-being of pastoralist communities.

Read the findings : buff.ly/Bc5MGPV

ICYMI
Finance ministers see the full picture. The health community doesn't always.

At the #WHS2026 in Berlin, I shared what's missing on #InsideTrack first ever live podcast, the tools to show how health produces wealth.

Listen to the full episode here
tinyurl.com/GHM-E78

@WorldHealthSmt @TDRnews x.com/TDRnews/status…

On #InternationalDayofCareandSupport, we recognize the role of caregivers in children’s well-being.

Through the Kuimarisha Parenting Project, #IamAPHRC and @ICS_SP are strengthening systems of care, especially for pregnant and parenting adolescents.

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This week, #IamAPHRC and @Heri_Africa partners met in Naivasha to design a mentorship, supervision, and coaching framework for early-career researchers, students, and research supervisors.

APHRC’s @mngware emphasized the importance of prioritizing the National Education Research Agenda, stating that the frameworks must account for dynamic, contextual factors such as workloads, adult learning principles, AI tools, and social and cultural factors.

Developed with HERI Africa learning partner institutions, the framework aims to strengthen African universities' capacity to generate evidence that shapes education policy and practice.

#HERIAfrica #EducationResearch #AfricanUniversities #ResearchCapacity