Research Reports
Download the document: http://afidep.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/KENYA-SPP-FINANCING.pdf
“Resource Mapping in Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness Response in Kenya,” is a report (policy brief) that examines Kenya’s pandemic preparedness efforts. It highlights the country’s vulnerability to infectious diseases and identifies significant gaps in financing, human resources, and infrastructure. The document notes that Kenya is heavily reliant on donor funding and that domestic funding for disease surveillance has sharply declined. It concludes with policy recommendations for increasing domestic financing, strengthening the healthcare workforce, and enhancing surveillance infrastructure. Download the document here: http://afidep.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Resource-Mapping-SPRR-Kenya.pdf
“Unspent and Unprepared: Rethinking Zambia’s Budget Execution for Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness and Response” is a rapid review of Zambia’s budget execution for pandemic preparedness from 2020 to 2024. The document reveals that while significant resources were mobilized, the domestic execution of these funds was weak. It identifies bottlenecks such as slow fund disbursement, rigid public financial management systems, and weak sub-national capacity, particularly for donor-financed projects. The report concludes with recommendations to strengthen the country’s ability to effectively spend resources for future outbreaks. Here’s the link to the resource: http://afidep.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Unspent-and-Unprepared.pdf
This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:
This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:
This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:
This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:
This story of change is part of a series that illustrates the early results of a 2-Week Virtual LEEPS Evidence-Informed and Equity in Policymaking Training Workshop delivered to members of the Africa Research Impact Network (ARIN) who attended the training. The stories of change illustrate how the training has improved the training of researchers in higher learning institutions, grant writing, advocacy strategies, research into policy and practice processes and project/ programme design and implementation. Download:
Check out LIGHT’s Annual Newsletter 2023-2024 to explore some of the key activities and highlights the LIGHT Consortium teams have been carrying out over the past year- from research and research uptake to capacity strengtheing- with impact aspirations and achievemnets. Read or download here:
To complement the quantitative and modeling research, the LIGHT Consortium utilised qualitative participatory action research methods in partner countries to actively engage communities affected by TB in data collection, analysis, dissemination and dialogue with decision makers. These communities included individuals with lived experiences, their caregivers, family members, and healthcare workers. This participatory approach has been instrumental in co-creating solutions, shaping and informing person-centred, gender-responsive approaches to TB prevention and care. By involving communities directly, the consortium has highlighted the value of participatory methods in addressing complex issues including challenges of TB care across diverse settings. This engagement also strengthened understanding […]
The LIGHT Consortium’s Annual Newsletter 2022-2023 highlights key activities that took place over the year across the consortium. Activities include research activities, stakeholders engagement, communications and capacity strengthening activities. Read more:
Family planning and reproductive health are a persistent challenge on the African continent, for women and their families, but also for societies and their economic development. High birth rates in Sub- Saharan Africa pose at least as great of a challenge as the shrinking populations do for Europe and other parts of the Global North. During the years of the pandemic, Covid-19 pushed many things into the background: other diseases were neglected, and medications and vaccinations were difficult to access. Sexual health, women’s medical care and family planning were among those severely affected. We wanted to know how sexual and […]