Gender-transformative programming
Adolescent girls continue to face gender-based hardships and discrimination in their lives. The Accelerate Hub aims to keep a spotlight on gendered issues and their intersections with all our work – including in our studies and data analysis.
Generation of podcasts
Building on the successful first generation of Hub podcasts in 2019, this project will generate podcasts drawing in people from different parts of the Hub ...
MAISHA longitudinal study
A four-wave cohort study of adult women in Mwanza, Tanzania investigating predictors and consequences of intimate partner violence, including its impact on adolescents. Team: Professor ...
Ibadan in-school adolescents
A cross-sectional study with 3000 adolescents in Nigeria, with a focus on mental health and educational outcomes. Team: Professor Olayinka Omigbodun (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)
Child and community care
This study tracks the development of children and families affected by HIV attending established community based organisations (CBOs) across South Africa, Malawi, and Zambia. Team: ...
Scaling-up interventions for impact
This research project is led by researchers from the University of Oxford in collaboration with NGOs in Africa that work with adolescents. The central part ...
Evaluating the impact of Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme on adolescent health and wellbeing
Led by Dr William Rudgard (University of Oxford) and Silinganisiwe Dzumbunu (University of Cape Town), this project is aimed at evaluating the effects of the ...
Young Carers
Previous research has reported that orphaned children are more likely to have mental health problems and educational deficits, and are more likely to contract HIV ...
Mzantsi Wakho
Mzantsi Wakho is a longitudinal mixed-method study with a cohort of 1,059 HIV-positive adolescents. This research project is intended to promote ART adherence and SRH ...
HEY BABY
HEY BABY (Helping Empower Youth Brought up in Adversity with their Babies and Young children) is a longitudinal mixed-methods cohort study of 1046 adolescent mothers ...
Zifune
The purpose of this study is to assess whether a sample group’s participation in an adolescent intervention programme leads to a reduction in levels of ...
