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  East Africa Quality in Early Learning (EAQEL): impact evaluation report

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

  This is an impact assessment report of an independent evaluation of the Aga Khan Foundation‘s (AKF) East African Quality in Early Learning (EAQEL) initiative to determine whether the initiative improves learning outcomes in the early grades (1-3) in two districts in Kenya and two districts in Uganda as was intended.
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  Incidence and complications of unsafe abortion in Kenya: key findings of a national study

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  Although unsafe abortion in Kenya has long been recognised as a leading cause of deaths and injuries to women - deaths and injuries that are preventable - there is limited scientific information available on the women who seek unsafe abortion, the magnitude of the problem of unsafe abortion in our society and the severity of complications that arise from unsafe abortion.  
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  Status report on the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living in urban slums in Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  In Kenya, adolescents make up a considerable proportion of urban populations, and many of them live in the numerous informal settlements—or slums—in Nairobi.
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  Coping strategies among urban poor: evidence from Nairobi, Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2014

  In Kenya, it is estimated that 60 to 80% of urban residents live in slum or slum-like conditions. This study investigates expenditures patterns of slum dwellers in Nairobi, their coping strategies and the determinants of those coping strategies.
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  Kenya and the pest of piracy, a prospective partner for peace

  Institute for Security Studies, 2012

  The paper examines ways in which Kenya could be engaged in the counter-piracy effort in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Maritime piracy has presented an increasing threat to global, economic, strategic and security interests, with the number of piracy attacks steadily increasing over the last two years.
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  Fact Sheet: women’s lives matter - preventing unsafe abortion in Kenya. Key findings of a national study: incidence and complications of unsafe abortion in Kenya

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  In Kenya, unsafe abortion has long been recognised as a leading cause of death and injury to women—deaths and injuries that are preventable. Most abortions result from unintended pregnancies, which, as in most of Africa, continue to be extremely high throughout Kenya.
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  Moving from evidence to policy and action: can teacher quality help improve learning outcomes in Kenya?

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  Creating a school system that provides quality education requires more than expanding enrolments but also thinking about the eventual learning outcomes.
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  Closing the performance gap in student learning outcomes between private and public schools

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  Research evidence by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in the informalsettlements of Nairobi shows thatenrolment in public schools has decreased from 65% in 2003 to 37% in 2012. Simply put, by 2012, 63% of pupils in informal settlements were enrolled in low cost private schools for the poor instead.
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  Primary school completion and grade repetition among disadvantaged groups: a challenge to achieving UPE by 2015

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2013

  The 2003 free primary education (FPE) program essentially aimed to make primary education accessible and affordable to all children, particularly for previously excluded and disadvantaged groups.
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  Urban health in Kenya - Key findings: the 2000 nairobi cross-sectional slum survey

  African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012

  In the year 2000, APHRC conducted the first Nairobi Cross-Sectional Slum Survey that examined health profiles of urban slum residents comparing them with those of rural residents in Kenya.

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