Welcome to the Changemaker Project

Promoting co-designed sustainable health interventions with young Changemakers
for reduced risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in urban
Burkina Faso | Kenya | Tanzania

Is comprised of 13 Partner Institutions across Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania, Sweden, Germany, Finland, and USA.

The project aims to implement & evaluate a sustainable health intervention program on health, nutrition, & environmental outcomes for the primary prevention of adolescent obesity & related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) together with adolescents in three rapidly urbanizing cities in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Tanzania.

Changemaker Investigators’ Training in Burkina Faso

From October 15 to 19, training was held in the Ziniaré Regional Hospital Center for investigators to collect data for the Changemaker study baseline survey in Burkina Faso. The main […]

Changemaker Baseline Data Collection in Kisumu, Kenya

The baseline data collection was conducted from 3rd September to 2nd October 2025, marking another important step in understanding and improving adolescent health, nutrition, and wellbeing. The activity engaged about […]

Changemaker Research Assistants’ Training at KEMRI Kenya

Overview and objective of the training The training of research assistants was conducted for 4 days from Monday 11th August 2025 to Thursday 14th August 2025. Whereas they were equipped […]

Co-Designing Sustainable Health Modules with Adolescents in Kisumu, Kenya

The Technical University of Kenya (TUK) team held interactive workshops with adolescents in Obinju and Manyatta Primary Schools to co-design Sustainable Health Modules (SHM) that reflect their lived experiences, classroom […]

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