Health and Wellbeing

The IMPALA project intends to expand the scientific knowledge and implementable solutions for issues related to lung health in Africa. More specifically, AFIDEP’s role on IMPALA is to have other lung health diseases and not just TB, on the regional health policy agenda.

The PIIVeC work package on policy analysis and evidence uptake, which AFIDEP is a co-lead, has the overall objectives to accelerate research uptake using evidence synthesis and policy analysis, and to strengthen linkages between vector control research and policy at the global, regional, national, and project levels.

DRUM is a consortium whose aim is to transform the understanding of the drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Uganda and Malawi, and design interventions to reduce AMR spread.

The project aims to provide a better understanding of the major causes of teenage pregnancy in Malawi, and identify best practices, interventions, policy and programme recommendations to address the issue.

The HIGH-Res project is a collaborative programme that aims to strengthen institutional capacity for the use of health research in policy and programme decisions in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda. This is achieved through the design, implementation and continuous evaluation of innovative and politically responsive interventions within the Ministries of Health (MoHs) in the three countries.

PTLD will build on existing collaborations between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) to explore patient-centred models of post-TB care in Malawi and Kenya. It is an initiative aimed at engaging stakeholders in discussions, through workshops and interviews, toward improving the healthcare of tuberculosis survivors and making use of collaborative approaches with key stakeholders.

Enhance DELTAS is a programme led by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) which will provide research uptake and policy engagement support to awardees of the Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science (DELTAS) Africa initiative, led by the African Academy of Sciences.

African driven advocacy platform to facilitate informed, objective, inclusive and balanced discussions on the design, development and use of transformative technologies to address key health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa

LIGHT is a six-year cross-disciplinary global health research programme funded with UK aid from the UK government.LIGHT aims to provide new evidence on the effectiveness of different gender-sensitive pathways and approaches to health for those with TB in urban, HIV-prevalent settings.The initiative will contribute to global health security and improved health, socio-economic and equity outcomes, boosting efforts to stop the spread of TB.

DELTAS Africa seeks to support African-led development of internationally competitive researchers working across sub-Saharan Africa, headed by world-class leaders. One of its four objectives is to foster engagement with the public and policy stakeholders.

Back-On-Track seeks to use data and evidence to develop a roadmap of essential interventions that have the greatest potential to change people’s lives and to help countries deliver on SDGs commitments. 

The project aims to control vector borne diseases (VBDs) in emerging agricultural systems in Malawi. 

This project sought to optimise individual and institutional capacity of health policymakers and legislators in accessing and utilising health research evidence in decision-making in Kenya and Malawi.

ARCS aims to improve the survival and quality of life of sepsis patients using relevant innovations at the individual and health system level, through multidisciplinary applied health research. AFIDEP’s role on ARCS is to raise awareness of sepsis as a priority and cross-cutting health systems issue.

The project aim was to address the need and gap for alternative health financing in order to increase uptake and sustainability of HIV and other health services. The project looked into fostering an enabling policy environment for this to happen in selected strategic border areas and transport corridor sites in East, Central and Southern Africa (ECSA region).