Welcome to
Women's Health & Action Research Centre
WHARC is a non-governmental, non-profit organization established in 1995. It consists of a multi-disciplinary team of health, social science and legal professionals and researchers working together to build the knowledge base and to improve the policy environment for advancing women’s health in Africa. To date, the Centre has conducted formative and intervention research that documents the socio-cultural determinants of women’s health and that provides critical data for developing policies and programs for scaling up best practices relating to women’s health in the region.
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Our Vision
The Women’s Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC) seeks to create a world where all people are treated with equal respect and dignity and where women and young adolescents have equality and access to basic reproductive health information and services.
Our Mission
Grounded in a deep love of humanity and a belief in equality and dignity for all people, WHARC works to improve the reproductive health and social wellbeing of women and adolescents in Africa so they can lead productive, fulfilling lives and provide a healthy future for their children. Through its cutting edge research, WHARC educates women, youth, community gatekeepers and policymakers about sexual and reproductive health, and advocates for policy change at the local, state and federal level. WHARC also provides current and effective reproductive health services to women and adolescent girls in Africa.
Some of Our
Programs & Initiatives
Accountability Project
MACAUTHUR FOUNDATION PROGRAM
Currently the unit is implementing a three year project titled Project to build accountability mechanisms for improving the quality of maternal health care and preventing maternal mortality.
Strategic Communication Project
FORD FOUNDATION PROGRAM
Currently the unit is implementing a three year project titled Using Empirical Evidence to Scale-up Policies and Programs for Reducing Youth Vulnerability to Adverse Sexual and Reproductive Health. . .
Innovation for Maternal and Child Health in Africa
In Nigeria, only 65% of women receive antenatal care during pregnancy and less than one-third of Nigerian women receive skilled care during delivery.