PS Kenya Hosts National Desip Dissemination Conference to Reflect on family Planning Gains from the 6-Year Implementation of The UK Government Desip Project in Select Counties
Nairobi, Kenya – January 30, 2025 – Today, key stakeholders in Kenya’s reproductive health sector convened at the National DESIP Dissemination Conference in Nairobi to celebrate the transformative achievements of the Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning (DESIP)...
Roadmap set for new project — Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning (DESIP) in Kenya
Athi River 21st June, 2019 : Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) and partners met to discuss actionable steps towards Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in Kenya (DESIP) programme, a follow up Family Planning programme after the just concluded...
Desip programme commissions community-based distributors to reach out to clients with FP information
Narok 11th March 2020. Access to reproductive health information and Family Planning services by women and girls not only ensures that they can safely plan their pregnancy, but also contributes to other related issues like better child health, poverty reduction, gender...
Strengthening Provision Of Family Planning Services Through Distribution Of Medical Equipment.
Despite the challenges associated with COVID-19. DESIP, a UK aid funded programme focused on Delivering Sustainable and Equitable Increases in Family Planning in low Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) counties in Kenya is still focused...
Accelerating FP Gains Through the Community Based Distributors Approach
Kenya has made strides in increasing its modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) and sustaining demand, but is still faced with a challenge of increasing use in counties with low contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and sustaining use among counties with high...
Enhancing Provision of Family Planning Services through Structured Job Training Mentorship
To improve the uptake and utilization of family planning (FP) methods in Kenya, the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the Reproductive and Maternal Health Services Unit in collaboration with partners, lay emphasis on capacity building as an approach to improve...
Kenya marks World Contraception Day by Demystifying Myths and Misconceptions associated with Family Planning
Kenya has made great progress towards increased uptake of family planning (FP). The FP2020 commitment maker in 2012 shows that Kenya has exceeded its 2020 target of 58% modern contraceptive use. Despite these efforts by the Ministry of Health to...
PS Kenya’s Contribution to Preventing Maternal and Child Deaths in the Country
The 10th anniversary of the Preventing Maternal and Child Deaths (PMCD) initiative took place on the 5th of April 2023 and was hosted by UKAID and USAID. The main objective of the event was to showcase Kenya’s investments in maternal...
Leveraging on Faith and Religious Leaders Influence for Increased Family Planning Uptake
Family planning, or child spacing,” as it is referred to in Islam, is the practice of using contraception to control the number of children one has and how much space there is between them. The practice itself is riddled with...
FCDO Donor Visit In Narok and Homabay County
PS Kenya’s DESIP Program, funded by UKAID aims to increase family planning uptake among poor rural women, adolescents, youth and people with disabilities in Kenya. DESIP is the largest family planning program in Kenya which is implemented in 12 counties....
