SRHR Alliance Kenya Newsletter 2020
Youth Adult Partnerships to end teenage pregnancies: A story of ADS Nyanza In Homa-bay County
T 40% Narok County
33%
Homabay County
29%
West Pokot County
eenage pregnancy has been a persistent problem in Kenya for some time now. KDHS 2014 highlights it as a crisis in Narok, Homabay and West Pokot among other counties in Kenya. According to the survey, Narok leads at 40% followed closely by Homabay at 33% then West Pokot at 29%. As Kenya struggles to lower the age of consent to 16, rates of teenage pregnancy continues to grow. Infact, a recent report from the DHIS shared by Homabay County RMNCAH Coordinator shows that the figures have shot to 43% in 2017 among all the ANC attendance in Homabay and 46% in 2018 among all the ANC attendance that year. The immediate former Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga described the problem as a burgeoning crisis going by the case loads on defilement alone. It is against this backdrop that
KDHS 2014 highlights
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ADS Nyanza, a faith-based organization with the support from the GUSO programme moved into programming to help reduce the incidences ADS Nyanza aimed to reduce teenage pregnancy cases presented in 2017 by 25% by end of 2018. They made use of a number of strategies including; Capacity building of youth advocates, Radio talk shows-at EK FM, SMS platform, Community dialogue, Community paralegals and sharing of lessons learnt with GUSO partners (FHOK, NAYA and KMET).
25%
In percentage the ADS Nyanza aimed to reduce teenage pregnancy cases presented in 2017 by end of 2018
