Maternal mortality is still on the increase because of lack of knowledge, inadequate supply of family planning services, poor quality of reproductive health services, restrictive abortion laws and lack of adequate policies that address women’s reproductive health comprehensively.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Local Government minister say a total of 342 children have died at birth at the Pumwani maternity hospital in the last six months.

According to a report released by the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development, women’s reluctance to use modern family planning methods is hampering government efforts to address the surging population with a paltry 25 per cent of women population who are married using c

In an effort to curb population growth in Africa’s most densely populated country, Rwanda health ministry launches a campaign encouraging men to undergo vasectomies.

Medecins sans frontier Dagahaley hospital in Dadaab refugee camp poses a grim picture, as the influx of refugees has put a strain on the limited health facilities available forcing some patients to put up makeshift tents as wards. Currently 17 per cent of the children who come to the camp from So

Reproductive health has often faced problems due to lack of involvement of men, but a group of men from Gem, going by the name ‘male champs’ is now effectively passing on reproductive health message to the residents of the districts, with Polycarp Okoth a member saying that the higher

According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), lack of family planning, coupled with low education levels, have led to a population boom that is set to hit 40 million in the next two years, and with the country grappling with a staggering economy and overwhelming levels of poverty, plan

John cardinal Njue condemns the government’s plan to put up a factory for manufacturing condoms in Kenya, saying the government should uphold ethics and respect the ways which god has approved that people should live.