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@CKyobutungi
, ED
@aphrc
alongside
@BillGates
, Co-chair
@gatesfoundation
, Mads Krogsgaars Thomsen, CEO
@novonordiskfond
,
@jarottingen
, CEO
@wellcometrust
&
@CGIAR_EMD
, ED
@CGIAR
speaking on the impact of the new partnership.
#GlobalScienceSummit
#WeAreAfrica
The Novo Nordisk Foundation is partnering with
@wellcometrust
and the
@gatesfoundation
to tackle global health challenges and build healthier futures, especially for the world’s most vulnerable populations.
“By pooling the vast experience and unique expertise of each…
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Learning opportunity 🔊🔊🔊
We are looking for people working in research/programming focused on violence against women and girls, gender-based violence sexual reproductive health or similar areas for a 2 week virtual training.
Register here:
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We are thrilled to announce that APHRC has received a USD 15 million grant from MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett. We are incredibly humbled to receive this gift that will strengthen our vision to transform lives in Africa through research.
Read more here:
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Keeping hope alive🙌🏽 Does the name Caliph Kirui
@KiruiCaliph1
sound familiar on these X streets?
We share his incredible journey of resilience, determination and how things turned around for this brilliant professional 🌟
#IAMAPHRC
Read his story here:
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Call for Applications 🔊🔊:
@Countdown2030
2024 Fellowship Program.
An opportunity for African researchers to strengthen their analytical capacities for monitoring reproductive, maternal, newborn, child & adolescent health. More details;
#WeAreAfrica
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Learning opportunity 🔊🔊🔊
We are looking for people working in research/programming on human, women’s, and children’s rights or similar areas for a 2-week self-paced virtual training.
Register here: .
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Call for Applications!
Short Course: Implementation Research Methodology and Applications
Register here:
Application Deadline: September 16, 2022, 4:00 PM EAT.
#implementationscience
#research
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Interested in joining our team? Check out available opportunities on;
#ikokazi
#ikokaziKe
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Today we celebrate our Executive Director’s 50th birthday.
Here’s to a woman with amazing wisdom, determination, and an inspiring, positive energy that makes a difference to everyone she knows.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
@Ckyobutungi
🥂🎉🎉🎈
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🚨 We are hiring! 🚨
Do you have what it takes to join our team? Visit our career page to learn more and apply.
#IkoKaziKE
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You spoke; we listened!
50 learning slots available per course.
Collection, Analysis, and Use of Data on Violence Against Women and Girls (in french) registration:
Gender Transformative Programming registration:
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Mark your calendars 🖍️ for this insightful conversation on
#GlobalHealth
.
🗓️October 31, 2022, 🕒3:00 to 5:00 PM | EAT
Topic: Anti-Blackness in Global Health
Zoom registration:
In-person registration:
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We are thrilled to have one of our own join the
@PLOSGPH
Editorial Board. Join us in congratulating
@EvelynGitau
on her appointment.👏🎊
#IAMAPHRC
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❇ WE ARE HIRING!
Join our team and make a difference! APHRC is currently seeking skilled professionals for the following open positions.
↪ Visit our website to learn more and apply now.
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A warm welcome to our new Executive Director
@CKyobutungi
as she takes on her new role!
#WomenInSTEM
#Data4Dev
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We are offering three paid internship opportunities in research for postgraduate students for 3-6 months starting in April. Spread the word!
#IkoKaziKe
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We're happy to start off 2023 with some noteworthy news.
@BonnieUshie
, a member of our team, has been chosen for the Bixby International Leadership Fellowship. We extend our sincere congratulations to him as he starts this project. 🎊👏
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Some good news for early-career researchers! We have 14 paid research internship opportunities across several of our projects for 3-6 months, starting this April.
Apply now and spread the word!
#IkoKaziKE
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We grow, you grow.
#IkoKaziKE
#ikokazi
...Does this 👇 sound like you? Visit to see if we're a match and apply.
#WeAreAfrica
#HealthForAll
#IAmAPHRC
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@wellcometrust
selects
@aphrc
to lead the largest-ever population-based research initiative in Africa.
Read more here:
#IAMAPHRC
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#IkoKaziKE
We are hiring 5 young researchers for an upcoming mental health among young people project. They will be trained and mentored in conducting research by our teams.
Apply by 7th August:
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#WomenInScience
are excelling in their careers and we have proof!
1/Meet
@CKyobutungi
, a medical doctor turned epidemiologist and now the first female Executive Director at APHRC. Read more about her journey in science here
#APHRCWomenInScience
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Why are we always hiring? Because we keep growing. Meet the newest members of team
#IamAPHRC
, who joined us in Q1 this year.
#WeAreAfrica
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Teenage pregnancies are robbing young girls of their right to education, and denying them of life opportunities. More than ever, the risks are higher with
#COVID19
#LetsActKe
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🎉Save the date!🎉
We're thrilled to announce that we're celebrating our 20th anniversary on May 24. Join us as we reflect on our achievements over the past two decades and explore our vision for the future of
#research
in
#Africa
@CKyobutungi
@EvelynGitau
#APHRC20
#WeAreAfrica
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Today we are presenting the findings of the Kenya National Adolescent Mental Health Survey (K-NAMHS) that we conducted in partnership with
@UQ_News
@MOH_Kenya
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
.
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We are saddened to announce the passing of one of our own, Dr. Pauline Bakibinga. Pauline joined the Center in March 2013, where she served as an integral part of the Health and Systems for Health Unit.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family during this difficult time.
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The United Nations University has announced the appointment of our Executive Director,
@CKyobutungi
to the
@UNUniversity
Council. She will serve a six-year term (2022‒2028) and formally take office on 4 May 2022.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Read more here:
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Harvard Public Health lists
@CKyobutungi
among 25 leaders shaping health policy and practice in Africa.
Learn more about these revolutionary leaders:
#IAMAPHRC
#publichealth
#healthpolicy
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It's all systems go at the
#APHRC20
celebrations and who better to kick it off than the Executive Director.
#WeAreAfrica
#APHRC20
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We are pleased to announce the Pauline Bakibinga Memorial Scholarship. To honor her legacy, we invite young women who are passionate about digital health & its potential to transform health systems in Africa to apply for the opportunity here: .
@MbararaUST
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.
@paimadhu
asks two critical questions:
1. Can we truly achieve health equity when we live in a deeply unequal world?
2. Is health equity an unattainable illusion?
#Visaapartheid
#GlobalHealthInequalities
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#AfricaDay2023
APHRC is proudly African-founded, African-based, and African-led! We engage in meaningful partnerships and collaboration across the continent, including West Africa.
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"It's not about the number of papers we publish, but about the impact we have. We do research for impact." -
@CKyobutungi
#Righttofood
#WorldFoodDayKE
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We are excited to share our latest APHRC newsletter with you! This edition focuses on 2 years of progress, impact, milestones, and innovation towards implementing our APHRC’s 2022 -2026 Strategic Plan.
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
Read the newsletter here:
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🎉Welcoming new brilliant professionals to our incredible team! The new joiners met our ED,
@CKyobutungi
for an orientation session. They come with fresh perspectives, new ideas, complementary skills & broad experience. Here's to growth, impact & success!
#WeAreAfrica
#IAmAPHRC
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.
@aphrc
is ranked as Africa’s Top Domestic Health Policy Think Tank by the
@TTCSP
2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report released this week
#thinktanksmatter
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📢📢Out now: Call for applications for Master’s Fellowship in Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2021/2022.
For details on how to apply, visit
Application deadline: October 9, 2021, 1700hrs (EAT).
Spread the word!
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Join us in transforming lives in Africa🌍through research.
Explore these and other available opportunities on our career page:
#Ikokazi
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
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Join us in congratulating our ED
@CKyobutungi
on her appointment as
@JoepLangeInst
Chair. Dr. Kyobutungi will focus on engineering healthcare systems that meet the needs for non-communicable prevention and treatment in Africa.
#NCDs
#IamAPHRC
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The King visited an urban farming project at Mama Lucy's agriculture resource center in Kayole, Nairobi. APHRC's Zero Hunger Initiative supports City Shamba in urban farming to increase food production and empower youth & women groups.
#RoyalVisitKenya
@UKinKenya
@RoyalFamily
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A reminder of this important webinar happening tomorrow.
Anti-Blackness in Global Health.
October 31, 3-5 pm
📌 Register here:
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We are delighted to officially launch the
@aphrc
2021 Annual Report, which coincides with our 20th anniversary. It highlights our activities and achievements in Africa throughout the year and the last two decades.
Take a look ➡️
#AnnualReport
#IAMAPHRC
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📢📢📢We are hiring!
Exciting opportunities to join our team here 👉
Positions:
➡️Senior Research Officer:
Deadline: February 17, 2023
➡️SRHR Postdoc Researcher:
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We are pleased to announce our new partnership with
@Guttmacher
to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights in sub-Saharan Africa! More than ever, we must prioritize
#SRHR
in
#COVID19
recovery efforts.
Read the release:
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APHRC has signed an MoU with
@NMS_Kenya
to provide a framework for collaboration on
research in the health sector, and the dissemination of insights derived from such research.
@fnoluga
@CKyobutungi
@EvelynGitau
#IAMAPHRC
#research
#health
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Happening now🥳🥳
Unveiling our new game-changer: Data Science Without Borders.
✅Empowering Africa through bridging data gaps
✅Strengthening data systems
✅Enhancing collaboration for data driven decision-making in Africa
#DataScience
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
@wellcometrust
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Congrats
@EvelynGitau
on being selected for
@womenlifthealth
's 2022 East Africa Leadership Journey!
The program is designed to give talented women leaders in global health tools, mentorship & coaching support to expand their power & influence.
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Webinar Announcement🔊.
The Afrique Research Support Hub project is conducting a series of webinars on the basics of grant writing.
Register here to participate:
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
#APHRCResearch
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“A woman in any form shall be celebrated and honored, be it, a sister or a wife or a mother or any other form.” We celebrate all the
@aphrc
women who are making a change in
#Africa
.
#IWD2018
#PressforProgress
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Congratulations to
@aphrc
researchers
@ESidze
and
@gershim_asiki
for each being awarded grants in Round 20 of Grand Challenges Explorations by
@gatesfoundation
Read more about their projects
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Happening tomorrow! Join our Director of Programmes
@EvelynGitau
for an open lecture on capacity building for the African research & development ecosystem, hosted by
@KU_GlobalHealth
🗓️ Thu, Feb 8, 2024
⏰ 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM
📌
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
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Earlier today when Emmy Igonya and
@isabelmutuku1
participated in a panel discussion on
#SRHR
during the
@Respekt_kd
conference in Kisumu themed the last mile in achieving
#SDG
related sexual and reproductive health targets.
#RespektConference2023
@Afidep
@AmnestyKenya
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Covid-19 effect: Pandemic has accelerated urban farming.
"The lockdowns have caused devastating side effects on food access for the poor and
#urbanfarming
can provide the much-needed solution," -
@Liz_Kimani
#farmerstv
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Congratulations
@CARTAfrica
that is led by co-Directors
@CKyobutungi
and Prof Sharon Fonn of
@WitsUniversity
on being among the 14
#African
consortia selected for
#DELTASAfricaII
funding that was formally launched today.
#FromScienceToImpact
#DELTASAfricaII_launch
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We are honored to be selected by
@wellcometrust
to explore how climate change affects women & children's nutrition & mental health in the Eastern African drylands.
Read more about
@wellcometrust
investments in climate change: .
#WeAreAfrica
#IAmAPHRC
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#ikokazi
#ikokaziKe
Want to be part of our team? Check out available opportunities on;
#WeAreAfrica
#IAmAPHRC
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The
@nytimes
has published a thought-provoking article on the health crisis in Africa, featuring the expertise of epidemiologist
@gershim_asiki
,
@aphrc
.
#healthcare
#NCDs
Take a look:
@CKyobutungi
@EvelynGitau
@daktari1
@mcwangari
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We are all set!
Join .
@paimadhu
.
@CKyobutungi
.
@DrSam_Oti
.
@daktari1
.
@mcwangari
.
@pksiema
at the top of the hour for the Anti-Blackness in Global Health.
#VisaApartheid
#GlobalHealthInequalities
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So
@CKyobutungi
got her
@Wikipedia
page today! Head on here for some
#BlackGirlMagic
in
#STEM
. Here's to our fierce leader at the helm!🎉
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Call for applications: MSc and PhD research fellowship opportunities in sanitation and fecal waste management in East Africa under our African Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship Program.
Apply now
Deadline: June 19, 2020.
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Our ED
@CKyobutungi
on
@cnni
this morning discussing 'Vaccine Rollout in Africa"
"Vaccine hesitancy may be an issue, but we can’t tell until we have the vaccines. Countries cannot start sensitizing and mobilizing people to create demand, where there is no supply"
#COVID19Vaccine
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Call for applications: MADIVA seeks to recruit a pilot project to develop research applications to inform individual & public health challenges amidst a rising prevalence of multimorbidity in Africa through data science. Read more:.
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
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I am Caroline Wainaina, a research officer at APHRC. I am presenting a paper this afternoon
@uaps_uepa
on the findings from the maternal mental health study among pregnant and adolescent mothers in the urban slums of Nairobi. Join me in the Princess Hall at 6pm!
#APHRCResearch
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We are currently hiring for the following positions:
✅ Communications assistant
✅ Communications intern (paid)
✅ Web designer (consultancy)
✅ Qualitative field interviewers
Visit for details on how to apply.
#IkoKaziKE
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Meet Fredrick Wekesa, who is almost as 'young' as APHRC having joined the center approximately 17-years-ago as a junior researcher before becoming an independent researcher evaluating youth and adolescent mental health.
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Do you know the gendered health impacts of
#COVID19
in your region? Together with
@GlobalHlth5050
and
@ICRWAsia
we are partnering to build the world’s largest database of sex-disaggregated data on COVID-19. Our new dashboard launches today, visit for more!
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New month, new things! APHRC’s 2022 Annual Report is out! It reflects on the year we transitioned to a new strategic period, 2022-2026. It takes stock of our progress in initiating strategic shifts in the Center's operation.
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We celebrate you
@Eunicekkilonzo
for winning first prize in the print category at the inaugural 2019 Africa Media Network on Health at the ongoing
#AfricaHealth2019
conference in Kigali. Read the story here 👉
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As we commemorate
#MaputoAt20
we will be co-hosting a parallel event together with
@FemnetProg
and
@MarieStopesKe
on amplifying the voices of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights
#SRHR
in Africa. 🗒 July 10, 2023 🕖 12:00-13:30 EAT 📌 Nairobi
#MaputoProtocol
#WeAreAfrica
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Tomorrow is the 34th
#WorldAIDSDay
!
Join
@akziraba
@lilianotiso
and
@aflodiskagaba
from 4 to 5.30pm EAT as they explore the link between equity and the end of
#HIV
.
Save the date, save the link!
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Where is APHRC this week? Be on the lookout for our engagements in Africa and beyond.
#WeAreAfrica
#IAmAPHRC
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Dr.
@CKyobutungi
, the Executive Director of the APHRC, is a renowned and respected global leader in her field. Just how did it come to be, and what does she see as Africa's pressing needs in health and population research into the future?
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🎉🎉🎉 Winding up the week on a high note!
4 APHRC researchers have been named in the world's top 2% scientists list. We couldn't be more proud! This is a big win for researchers, APHRC, & Africa!
Click link to view:
Download,Table_1_Authors_single...
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We are excited to kick off a series of public conversations under
#APHRCCOVID19Chat
. We will unpack emerging
#COVID19
related issues including clinical trials, vaccine development, treatments, flattening the curve and many more. Stay tuned!
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Happening now: H.E Deputy President
@WilliamsRuto
arrives to officially open the doors to
#UlwaziPlace
, our renewed commitment to strengthening Africa's research capacity
#IamAPHRC
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What is the state of Africa's health systems? What are the signature issues shaping policy conversations around access to equitable health to the most vulnerable in the continent?
Tune in for an insightful conversation concerning your health and wellbeing.
#WeAreAfrica
#APHRC
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Having our voice heard and leaving a mark everywhere we go 👣 ! This is where we are this week.
#WeAreAfrica
#IAmAPHRC
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🎉
#APHRCat20
documentary is out! Two decades of innovative research, evidence, policy action, collaboration, impact, & growth. 🙌🏾 💪🏾
Join us as we reflect on our journey, a true testament of transforming lives in Africa through research.
#WeAreAfrica
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#InternationalWomensDay
is around the corner and we are striking the pose to challenge stereotypes, fight bias, and broaden perceptions on
#genderequity
.
#EachforEqual
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"Our origins were grounded in the belief that Africa needed its own cadre of highly trained, well-resourced scientists, raised and nurtured in our own institutions," - ED
@CKyobutungi
#APHRCinWestAfrica
#IamAPHRC
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With funding from
@GatesFoundation
, APHRC has partnered with
@uonbi
@CEMA_Africa
,
@DiscoverJKUAT
and
@StrathU
to offer in-person training on Agent-Based Modelling at
@uonbi
from April 8 to 19, 2024.
A thread 🧵...
#DataScience
#WeAreAfrica
#APHRCResearch
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23 research teams, over 100 participants for three days of engagement. The
#WomenRise
Inception workshop has been a great platform for learning and networking. We anticipate great outcomes from the research work under the project.
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We kick off the
#APHRCWomenInScience
campaign with our very own Executive Director
@CKyobutungi
She believes that women CAN excel in leadership - she's a perfect example! RT if you agree.
#IDGWS
#WomenInStem
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📢📢📢We are hiring!
Exciting opportunities to join our fantastic team here 👉
Positions:
➡️Financial Accountant:
Deadline: February 02, 2023
➡️Program Accountants:
Deadline: February 02, 2023
#IkoKaziKe
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We Listened and we loved it, hope you do too.
Listen to the ED's
@CKyobutungi
conversation with
@YawBediako_
and
@desmondtanko
on anti-blackness in
@unfiltered_gh
, how it manifests, careerism and how it impedes equity in GH & how we, as Africans cannot shy away from the fight.
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Not all heroes wear capes – some are
#WomenInScience
committed to promoting health in Africa through research.
#WomenInScienceDay
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🏆 As we continue to celebrate
#APHRC20
, we are honored to add the SME Global Healthy Workplace Award by
@GCHWorkplaces
to our list of achievements.
🎊🙌🎊🙌
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Promotion of family planning and ensuring access to preferred contraceptive methods for women and couples is essential to securing the wellbeing of women, while supporting the health and development of communities.
#WorldContraceptionDay
#WCD2018
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We have new opportunities! Could this be your chance?
Visit for these and more openings.
#IkoKaziKE
#IkoKazi
#IAmAPHRC
#WeAreAfrica
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The new Council members, who were appointed by
@antonioguterres
and
@AAzoulay
, are selected with an eye to achieving a geographic and gender balance, with due regard to major academic, scientific, educational, and cultural trends and expertise.
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