Violet Ibukayo Murunga (@ibumurunga) 's Twitter Profile
Violet Ibukayo Murunga

@ibumurunga

2024 Africa Evidence Leadership Award winner, DELTAS LRP PhD, UoL/LSTM, Knowledge translation, SRHR, adolescent SRHR, gender, inclusion, views mine 😊

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Evi4Dev Conference (@evi4devcon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Les discussions de #Evi4Dev2025 ont réaffirmé le rôle essentiel des données probantes et la STI dans l'élaboration de politiques non seulement efficaces, mais aussi durables et équitables. Merci à tous, et nous espérons que le retour en 2027 sera porteur de victoires majeures!

Les discussions de #Evi4Dev2025 ont réaffirmé le rôle essentiel des données probantes et la STI dans l'élaboration de politiques non seulement efficaces, mais aussi durables et équitables.  Merci à tous, et nous espérons que le retour en 2027 sera porteur de victoires majeures!
Violet Ibukayo Murunga (@ibumurunga) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The just concluded #Evi4Dev2025 enabled deep reflections about the global challenges facing Africa and the shifts we must make guided by science, data and indigenous knowledge & scaling local innovations. Dr Eliya Zulu @afidep summarized it well at: youtube.com/shorts/dgZIDKe…

Busara Center (@busaracenter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It started with a shared belief in the power of locally driven, data-informed policy making. Now we are excited to announce that the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)—a locally rooted and globally respected institution—is a sponsor of the ESA Africa 2025

It started with a shared belief in the power of locally driven, data-informed policy making. Now we  are excited to announce that the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)—a locally rooted and globally respected institution—is a sponsor of the ESA Africa 2025
AFIDEP (@afidep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AFIDEP’s Dr Jackson Otieno joined global leaders at #WHA78 to spotlight the need for sustainably financed health systems that address the growing burden of #NonCommunicableDiseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). His submissions at the Assembly drew from

AFIDEP (@afidep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs (FAN)’s landscape analysis of practices and challenges in the sub-Saharan Africa region reveals that many health systems do not prioritise cost-effective (primary and community-based) NCD interventions, such as screening, early

The Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs (FAN)’s landscape analysis of practices and challenges in the sub-Saharan Africa region reveals that many health systems do not prioritise cost-effective (primary and community-based) NCD interventions, such as screening, early
Larry Madowo (@larrymadowo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

About 70% of the African Union's $650m budget is funded by foreigners. "You call them colonizers but when they give us money, they're partners," Sudanese billionaire Mo Ibrahim says. "This is a farce, either you're serious or you forget it," he told former AU boss Moussa Faki

APHRC (@aphrc) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How can radio empower 10–to 14-year-olds with sexual & reproductive health information? #IamAPHRC’s Waitherero Maina, Dangerous Criminal, Caroline Kabiru & UNICEF's Vivian Nyakangi explore how targeted radio can bridge information gaps for young adolescents. 🔗 buff.ly/KClf5zy

AEN (@africa_evidence) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exciting news! We're launching the #Evidence2025 concept note, outlining the objectives & theme for our upcoming event: shorturl.at/VrXrK. Join us in advancing evidence-informed decision-making in Africa! #EIDM #Africalovesevidence

Exciting news!

We're launching the #Evidence2025 concept note, outlining the objectives & theme for our upcoming event: shorturl.at/VrXrK.

Join us in advancing evidence-informed decision-making in Africa!

#EIDM #Africalovesevidence
eBASE Africa (@ebase_africa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢#ToriDey Data isn’t just numbers—it’s in stories, silence & what’s left unsaid. Join Ayobami Ojebode, Lisette Nange & Chanice Fri, as they explore how African storytelling is reshaping data collection. 🗓 12 June | 🕚 11 AM WAT 🎟 Save your spot: shorturl.at/YoOGA AFIDEP

📢#ToriDey
Data isn’t just numbers—it’s in stories, silence & what’s left unsaid.
Join <a href="/AyobamiOjebode/">Ayobami Ojebode</a>, <a href="/LisetteMalung/">Lisette Nange</a> &amp; <a href="/OkwenC/">Chanice Fri</a>, as they explore how African storytelling is reshaping data collection.

🗓 12 June | 🕚 11 AM WAT

🎟 Save your spot: shorturl.at/YoOGA

<a href="/Afidep/">AFIDEP</a>
Dr Elizabeth Kimani-Murage - #JusticeFirst! (@liz_kimani) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great remarks by APHRC’s ED Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo at the Launch of UNFPA’s State of the World Population Report 2025 at APHRC Campus Auditorium. “Research is about people, behind the numbers and the charts are people’s decisions and dignity.” ~ Catherine See Report: The Real

Great remarks by <a href="/aphrc/">APHRC</a>’s ED <a href="/CKyobutungi/">Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo</a> at the Launch of <a href="/UNFPA/">UNFPA</a>’s State of the World Population Report 2025 at APHRC Campus Auditorium. 

“Research is about people, behind the numbers and the charts are people’s decisions and dignity.” ~ Catherine

See Report: The Real
IEA Kenya (@ieakenya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 Right after the #Budget2025 reading🧾, we’re going LIVE on #XSpaces to break it down for YOU! What does it mean for your pocket, your county, and the economy? 💰🗳️ 📅 Thursday, 12th June 2025 🕢 7:30–8:30 PM EAT 🎧 Join us: #IEAKEBudget2025 #KnowYourBudget👀 Don’t just hear

🚨 Right after the #Budget2025 reading🧾, we’re going LIVE on #XSpaces to break it down for YOU! What does it mean for your pocket, your county, and the economy? 💰🗳️

📅 Thursday, 12th June 2025
🕢 7:30–8:30 PM EAT
🎧 Join us: #IEAKEBudget2025 #KnowYourBudget👀 

Don’t just hear
AFIDEP (@afidep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Through the Governance and Accountability programme, AFIDEP empowers parliamentarians across Africa with evidence to enhance their oversight, legislative, and representative roles enabling evidence-informed decision-making. On this International Day of Parliamentarism, the

Through the Governance and Accountability programme, AFIDEP empowers parliamentarians across Africa with evidence to enhance their oversight, legislative, and representative roles enabling evidence-informed decision-making. 

On this International Day of Parliamentarism, the
AEN (@africa_evidence) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The LEEPS Africa partnership will host a #webinar on July 17 to explore how knowledge brokering organisations understand, assess, and demonstrate their impact on evidence-informed policymaking (EIP). The webinar will foster dialogue on innovative approaches and practical

The LEEPS Africa partnership will host a #webinar on July 17 to explore how knowledge brokering organisations understand, assess, and demonstrate their impact on evidence-informed policymaking (EIP).

The webinar will foster dialogue on innovative approaches and practical
AFIDEP (@afidep) 's Twitter Profile Photo

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 Be part of a two-part webinar series on how the Learning Together to Advance Evidence and Equity in Policymaking for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (#LEEPS) partnership is using research to strengthen

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗘𝗘𝗣𝗦 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

Be part of a two-part webinar series on how the Learning Together to Advance Evidence and Equity in Policymaking for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (#LEEPS) partnership is using research to strengthen
Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi Muzukulu wa Bityo (@ckyobutungi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Wait for your tumour to grow” that’s what SHA told a patient after specialists recommended urgent surgery. If medical experts say it's time, on what cruel, bureaucratic basis does SHA override them? This is a callous, senseless, and life-threatening decision Ministry of Health

“Wait for your tumour to grow”  that’s what SHA told a patient after specialists recommended urgent surgery.
If medical experts say it's time, on what cruel, bureaucratic basis does SHA override them?
This is a callous, senseless, and life-threatening decision <a href="/MOH_Kenya/">Ministry of Health</a>
The LIGHT Consortium (@lightontb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢New study: Men are more likely than women to be infected with TB—starting in their teens 📈Risk is ~1.4× higher by age 30 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏿Linked to time in crowded spaces + late care-seeking To #EndTB, we need gender-aware programs that reach men where they are 🔗 thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

📢New study: Men are more likely than women to be infected with TB—starting in their teens

 📈Risk is ~1.4× higher by age 30
 🧑🏽‍🤝‍🧑🏿Linked to time in crowded spaces + late care-seeking

To #EndTB, we need gender-aware programs that reach men where they are
🔗 thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…