by Nduta Waweru | Feb 17, 2023 | Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
For many years, condoms have been fronted as one of the key efforts in combating the spread of HIV. They are also vital in preventing unintended pregnancies if and when used correctly and consistently. Kenya’s recently released 2022 Demographic and Health Survey...
by Alazar Tesfaye | Jan 12, 2023 | Ethiopia, Youth
Expanding access to high-quality Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health (ASRH) information and services, including safe abortion (SA) and post-abortion care (PAC), is essential for adolescents’ health and wellbeing, and to prevent unintended pregnancies and...
by Nduta Waweru | Dec 8, 2022 | Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
By Muthoki Kithanze Margaret Kwamboka, 18, lives in an informal settlement in Nairobi’s Githurai area. She has lived in this expansive concrete jungle most of her life and together with her peers, has gone through a tough life. “I have friends as young as 16 years...
by Nduta Waweru | Nov 22, 2022 | Global Health, Kenya, Youth, Youth Empowerment
Kenya is among 125 countries at the November 14-17 International Conference on Family Planning in Pattaya, Thailand. The theme for the biennial event is “Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage: Innovate. Collaborate. Accelerate.” Family planning is a crucial...
by Esayas Meskel | Sep 12, 2022 | Ethiopia, Youth
On 31 August 2022, DSW Ethiopia opened its second of six youth-friendly clinics (YFC), with the aim of providing services in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The youth development training center in Bishoftu (Debrezeit) incorporates an in-house SRH...
by Esayas Meskel | Aug 23, 2022 | Ethiopia, Youth
For the first time in many months since the peak of COVID-19 pandemic, a field visit of the Healthy Youth at Work (HY@W) project funded by the David & Lucile Packard Foundation in Ethiopia took place in Sebeta town, in the Oromia region on 16 August 2022. Sebeta...