Intern - Challenging the Politics of Social  Exclusion (Abortion) Project

Picture yourself contributing to a study that shapes post-abortion care for young women in Kilifi County. APHRC’s internship program offers ambitious grads like you hands-on experience in impactful projects. You’ll support data collection, analyze findings, and even help write reports. If you have a BA/BSc in sociology, public health, or a related field, apply!

The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a premier research-to-policy institution, generating evidence, strengthening research and related capacity in the African research and development ecosystem, and engaging policy to inform action on health and development.

The Center, through its Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division, seeks to strengthen individual and institutional research capacity to enable African researchers to fully participate in defining and implementing priority population and health programs on   the continent. As part of individual capacity strengthening efforts, APHRC has, over the years, been running a demand-driven research internship program whose objective seeks to nurture talented young Africans to become future scholars and research leaders.

For the 2026 period, the Research and Related Capacity Strengthening (RRCS) Division has opened internship opportunities in the following projects for 3-6 months, starting May 2026.

Project 10  –  Challenging the Politics of Social  Exclusion (CPSE) – Abortion (Nisaidie Usinidhuru) – (1 intern)

Project Description

The objective of this study is to implement and assess the effectiveness of an intervention to improve the quality of post-abortion care (PAC) and post-rape care (PRC) for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kilifi County. This study aims to provide insights into how policymakers and program implementers can intervene to improve the quality of PAC and PRC services in terms of delivery and access.

Internship Activities

• Support data collection.
• Support ethnographic data review and analysis.
• Field supervision.
• Support report writing and other research outputs, including manuscripts, presentations, among others.
• Work closely with assigned supervisor to provide frequent project updates and reports etc.
• Contribute to policy engagement and strategic planning as may be needed.

Preferred Background & Skills

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) in sociology, anthropology, public health, epidemiology, and other related fields.