About Us

About Us

Who We Are

The APHRC Community of Practice (CoP) is a collaborative platform established by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) to bring together professionals, researchers, and policymakers across Africa. Our community is dedicated to advancing knowledge, sharing best practices, and fostering innovation in the fields of population health, education, urbanization, and well-being.

Our Mission

Our mission is to create a dynamic and supportive environment where members can engage in meaningful dialogue, share resources, and collaborate on initiatives that address the complex challenges facing the African continent. We aim to bridge the gap between research and policy, ensuring that evidence-based insights shape the future of Africa's development.

What We Do

  • Peer-to-Peer Learning: Facilitating interactions between members to share expertise, insights, and practical experiences.
  • Capacity Building: Providing training sessions, webinars, and workshops that strengthen the skills of members and promote best practices.
  • Collaboration: Encouraging joint research projects, partnerships, and initiatives that drive positive change across Africa.
  • Resource Sharing: Offering access to a rich repository of research findings, policy briefs, case studies, and tools that support evidence-based decision-making.

Join Us

Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, or practitioner, we invite you to become a part of our vibrant community. Together, we can continue to push the boundaries of knowledge, enhance the impact of our work, and create a healthier, more equitable Africa.

This online community is for staff and stakeholders of APHRC training program and CARTA to engage in collaborative learning about virtual learning and teaching.It is a protected space where you can ask question, share resources and information and engage in collaborative learning with your peers.

Support

Members when posting, commenting, moderating, and sharing on the platform will support each other through the messages and discussions, appreciate each others contributions, learn from each other and link to other resources whenever possible,
Guidelines and tips

Members

On this page, you will see an overview of all members of the platform. You can click on someone's picture to visit his/her page. You can search for someone in the 'search' bar.

Home

The main page summarizes all new activities and changes on the platform. In one glance, you can see what has changed, who are the new members, new blog and forum postings.

My Profile

Every member has their own page with a blog, a profile, pictures, videos, music, a comment wall, and friends. This is your space! Feel free to share what you want others to know about you and your experience with virtual learning.

Blogs

On the 'blogs', you will find all blog postings of individual members. You can write on your own blog by:
- going to 'My Page' in the blog section
- click on '+Add Blog posting' fill in a title, the text and tags

Forum

We will use the forum to discuss specific topics that involve a larger group of members. Any member can add a discussion to the forum. But we encourage you to check first if anyone has posted a similar discussion in the past. You can do this with the search bar.

Groups

Special interest groups are formed to come together for discussions as a community of practice in a special area...

Invite

You can also invite people to visit the platform by clicking invite under your profile.

Photos and Videos

Any member can upload photos and videos on the community learning network. You can add photos via the 'photos' page, on 'my page' or....