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A Qualitative Study of Risks and Protective Factors for Violence against Children living in Residential Care Institutions (RCIs) in Uganda

This qualitative study of risks and protective factors for violence against children living in Residential Care Institutions (R...

Child Labour in the coffee industry in Eastern Uganda

This report highlights findings from a scoping study on child labour in the coffee supply chain (CSC) in four eastern Uganda di...

Children as Partners in Child Protection in COVID-19 Guide

At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, children and youth were facing unprecedented challenges caused by quarantine measures a...

Effect of educational intervention on safe sexual behavior

The majority of adolescents are currently becoming sexually active before their 18th birthday having to battle with unsafe sexu...

Functional Limitations Among Child Refugees with Developmental Disabilities and Barriers to Early Childhood Intervention in a Ugandan Refugee Settlement

Children with developmental disabilities need access to early intervention services to mitigate the effects of disability and ...

Lessons Learned from a Child Participation Project with The AfriChild Centre in Uganda

COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, having spread to over 110 coun...

Measuring the Impact and Sustainability of A Community Based Child Protection Approach in Prevention of Violence Against Children

The 20-year armed conflict in northern Uganda eroded the traditional social protective safety nets and community cohesion that ...

National Child Focused Research Agenda, Uganda (2023-2023)

Improving child well-being is one of the Government of Uganda’s priorities as demonstrated through the aspirations of the Nat...

Relational Factors & HIV Testing Practices: Kampala, Uganda

Despite the global phenomenon of refugee urbanization, little is known about relational contexts that shape HIV testing among u...

School-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Services for Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy in the Hoima District, Uganda: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Uganda has persistently had a high adolescent pregnancy prevalence; 25% for the last 10 years. This protocol presents the desi...

Sexual & reproductive health & rights for adolescent girls

Sexual and reproductive health and rights are critical entitlements best supported by human rights-based approaches empowering ...

Sexual and reproductive health among adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya

This secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional survey conducted in Mombasa, Kenya characterises sexual and reproductive hea...

Sexual and reproductive health knowledge and behaviour of adolescent boys and girls aged 10–19 years in western Kenya: evidence from a cross-sectional pilot survey

This paper reports the findings of a pilot survey of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) knowledge-edge and behavi...

Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young people in the Gambia: a systematic review

Adolescents and young people in the Gambia make up 32% of the national population. Observations indicate that this population g...

Sexual health of adolescent girls and young women in Central Uganda: exploring perceived coercive aspects of transactional sex

Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Uganda are at risk of early sexual debut, unwanted pregnancy, violence, and dispropo...

Sexual health of very young adolescents in South Western Uganda: a cross-sectional assessment of sexual knowledge and behavior

In most Sub-Saharan African countries, little is known about young adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Though so...

Socio-cultural context of adolescent sexuality and youth friendly service intervention in West Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study

Recognizing that adolescents face barriers in accessing services, may feel embarrassed, face stigma on sexual matters, or have...

SRH of adolescents in schools schools for PWDs

Persons with disabilities have the same sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs as the abled people but they often face barr...