This week, the Adolescent Thrive Initiative officially kicked off with a three-day inception and co-creation workshop, bringing together eight research teams from across East, West, and Southern Africa, alongside the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and the Global Financing Facility (GFF). Co-funded by IDRC and GFF, this three-year initiative seeks to strengthen locally led, gender-responsive implementation research and policy engagement to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health across sub-Saharan Africa. The initiative aims to generate actionable evidence, strengthen its uptake in policy and practice, and improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes for adolescents aged 10–19. With @aphrc serving as the Africa Evidence-use Expert Organization, this initiative presents an important opportunity to strengthen research capacity, advance knowledge translation, and ensure that evidence informs policies and practices that r

Reaching leadership is one milestone. Being trusted to lead is another. At @womenlifthealth’s "Why Allyship, Why Now?" webinar, I'll be in conversation with Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, @Wessel Van den Berg, PhD, and Diana Kizza, moderated by Dr. Sylvia Vito, on how allies can help ensure women are backed with real decisions, resources and authority once they get there. Tune in, bring your questions for the live Q&A and be part of the exchange. Thursday, 29 October 2026 | 2:00pm EAT / 1:00pm CAT Save your seat: linkedin.com/events/75157274… Join us in building institutions where women thrive as leaders. #MenAsAllies

The Pauline Bakibinga Memorial Scholarship 2026 Call for Applications 📢📢 @aphrc offers USD 5,000–10,000 for master's research costs to female students in East Africa studying digital health at an African university. How to apply: 1⃣ Fill the survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… 2⃣ Email one PDF to [email protected] (Subject: Pauline Bakibinga Memorial Scholarship) 🔗 Full details: aphrc.org/career/%F0%9F%8E%9… Deadline: 28 October 2026

17 catastrophic global threats will shape the health of the next generation. But they are not inevitable. I was honoured to serve as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on 21st Century Global Threats to Health. I worked alongside 34 leaders from health, economics, security, governance and technology. Together we set out a practical agenda for reducing risk and building resilience in an increasingly uncertain world. I'm glad African perspectives and evidence helped shape it, because many of these threats will be felt most sharply on our continent. thelancet.com/commissions-do…

Nine years already 🎉🥳 Nine years ago, I became Executive Director of @aphrc with a full head of dark hair (that’s not my real hair lol). Today I have a few grey hairs and visibly less hair and nine years of memories! I began the journey hesitant, a little anxious, facing the daunting task of keeping a great institution afloat. Nine years on, and a few kilos heavier, the anxiety and trepidation are gone. In their place? The sense that we are unstoppable!.

Proud of my @aphrc colleagues @MangwanaVJ & @isabelmutuku1, presenting at the 8th #GIMAC Mid-Year Coordination Meeting in Egypt (Sept 27–30) on menstrual hygiene & adolescent girls' well-being through gender-transformative governance. #IamAPHRC #APHRCResearch

Since 2019, Pathways has been a trusted resource for understanding health systems and helping policymakers and practitioners make evidence-based decisions around the world. Today, leadership of Pathways transitions to @APHRC. withpathways.org/en/blog/pat…

I co-authored a piece in the @TheLancet with Ebere Okereke, Spring Gombe, and @MagdaNRobalo. We argue the Accra Reset needs to convert "sovereignty" from a talking point into real country power. The Global health architecture has been seriously disrupted and sovereignty has emerged as a rallying point for reform efforts. Ministries of health will be held accountable for outcomes, yet external partners still control the priorities, the financing channels, the indicators, and the data. That's a governance failure that got us to this point. The Accra Reset provides a real opportunity to fix this failure. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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