FP For Adolescent

Missed Opportunity

Male Involvement

Modern FP Uptake Situation

Radio Ramogi VO 10th July 2021..2

Modern contraceptive

FP Eligibility

Migori County ropes in men and political leaders in journey to increase FP uptake

Migori county department of health targets men and political leaders in the new journey to increase family planning uptake from the current 59 percent.

According to the chief officer in the department of public health Mr.Fidel Majiwa, men and the political leaders have for along time been left out on issues of family planning yet they play a bigger role.

As they involve the male on matters of family planning Mr.Majiwa said they are also targeting the luo council of elders who have for along time hold on some cultural practices like polygamy which he said not only undermined family planning but also contributed to HIV prevalence in the county. He said the elders should realize that family planning has benefits so that they stop advocating for polygamy.

The chief officer health said they have noted that some men have been a major obstacle in the uptake of family planning because they discourage their willing wives from using contraceptives through persuasion or coercion.

Mr.Majiwa said they have also started engaging the political wing who have often been championing for bigger population for political reasons so that they can also advocate for family planning.

He said Migori county assembly has been brought on board to preach the agenda during their political meetings.

Some of the family planning champions from Kuria region said speaking about family planning in some forums attended by men would amount to beating because majority of them do not subscribe to family planning.

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Radio Ramogi VO 29TH FEB 2020...5

Fight against teenage pregnancy in Migori to get a boost as county embarks on developing curriculum for sexuality education.

3RD MARCH 2020.
Migori county department of health in collaboration with other stakeholders including the ministry of education are developing age appropriate curriculum on sexuality education for school in Migori County.

Youths and Adolescent health coordinator for Migori county Mrs.Lilian Njoki said the curriculum will ensure that the teenagers get appropriate information on sexuality.

Mrs.Njoki said they have established that age appropriate information and advocacy is yielding more fruit in the fight against teenage pregnancy among the teenagers of age 10-14 and therefore having appropriate curriculum will add more weight in the fights against teenage pregnancy.

 She said most of the teenagers of age 10-14 years in many of their outreach programmes have indicated that they  no longer interested in using contraceptives and because they are willing to abstain after getting the right information about their reproductive health.

The Youths and adolescent health coordinator said since 2018, they have reported a reduction in the family planning uptake among the teenagers aged 10-14 years with a decrease in cases of pregnancy among the cohort, an indication that advocacy and information is working.

Even with the decrease in the number of teenagers aged age 10-14 years going for contraceptives, the recent data from the county department of health has indicated that the uptake of contraceptives among the teenagers aged 10-19 years has increased to 18 percent recorded in 2019 from 14 percent in 2018.

The Youths and Adolescent health coordinator Mrs.Njoki said the department still has myriads of programmes to reduce further cases teenage pregnancy in Migori county  which currently stands at 25 percent.

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