family planning Stories

Stakeholders sound alarm over funding shortfalls as Kenya celebrates World Contraceptive Day
Zainab Saidi  |  Sep 26, 2025

Advocacy groups are urging the government to supplement UNFPA's efforts, which have allocated over Sh387.9 million to procure contraceptive commoditie...

Nearly 50 per cent of Kenyan women choose not to have more children - MoH report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2025

The findings indicate that while fertility rates are declining nationally, demand for contraceptives remains high, especially among youth and women in...

Maternal deaths in Kwale County surge past WHO threshold, prompting urgent calls for action
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 22, 2025

Recent county statistics show Kwale now records 110 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, surpassing the WHO’s alert level of 100 and rising from 9...

62-year-old woman transforms young mothers lives through child spacing
Mishi Gongo  |  Apr 15, 2024

Mwatenga had weird thoughts, to the point of wanting to harm her children. She would also find herself crying for no apparent reason.

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