Chatbot Technology for Integrating HIV and Family Planning Services
A web-based digital chatbot, offered in healthcare waiting rooms, can help women assess their contraceptive choices and vulnerability to HIV. Given time and resource [...]
Rooted Reflections: Vignettes on Conducting Research in Refugee Settings
Rooted Reflections is a special series from the Baobab Research Programme Consortium documenting reflections, experiences, and learnings that are often left uncaptured by researchers [...]
Great Expectations: Expanding the Possibilities for Research in Refugee Settings in the East and Horn of Africa
"I’ve lived in BidiBidi Settlement for the last 20 years with my mom. We fled to Uganda from South Sudan when I was 6 [...]
Conducting a Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) Among Humanitarian-Affected Populations in Uganda: Fieldwork Strategies and Challenges
Violence against children is a global crisis affecting close to 1 billion children annually with devastating health consequences for their physical, emotional, and social development. Children [...]
“Just Another GBV Training Session”: Reflections on Psychosocial Response in the Context of Research
It was supposed to be "just another GBV training session." Or, so I thought. It was "just" one of more than 20 modules that formed [...]
Cesarean Section Deliveries in Egypt: Trends, Practices, Perceptions, and Cost
In Egypt, there has been a sharp increase in the prevalence of cesarean section over the past decade. Data from the Egypt Demographic and [...]
Gendered Effects of COVID-19 School Closures
The rapid spread of COVID-19 in early 2020 led to worldwide school closures, affecting over one billion students. School closures disproportionately impact girls and [...]
Getting Girls Back to School During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Operationalizing the School Re-entry Policy Guidelines in Kenya
COVID-19 disrupted the learning of many children globally, denying them access to social protection and other benefits associated with schooling. In Kenya, the Ministry [...]