Siaya county steps up efforts to Address 23% unmet family planning need
Siaya County in Kenya is intensifying community-based family planning campaigns to address a 23.2% unmet need for contraceptive services. Officials are focusing on door-to-door outreach and encouraging greater male participation in reproductive health decisions.
Why it matters
Improving access to reproductive health services is a critical factor in public health development and gender equality in rural regions.
Siaya County Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health Coordinator Pamela Josephine Anyango Siaya county is stepping up community-based family planning campaigns.
The county is seeking greater involvement of men in reproductive health decisions as officials address a 23.2 per cent unmet need for contraceptive services.
It is relying on Community Health Promoters (CHPs), integrated outreach programmes and increased public education to reach residents who continue to face barriers to accessing family planning services.
Siaya County Reproductive, Maternal and Newborn Health coordinator Pamela Josephine Anyango said the county had made progress in contraceptive uptake, but the gains had not been evenly distributed across the region.
Speaking in Ugunja, Anyango said family planning uptake had risen from 46.3 per cent to 52.1 per cent, according to the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.
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