WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ADOLESCENTS IN KILIFI This figure below shows the key reproductive events for both rural and urban girls. (Ref: PMA 2020. PMA in Kenya is conducted in a sample of 11 counties. Kilifi is part of the 11 counties) Kilifi County has a youthful population with adolescents comprising 24% of the population....Read More
Project Background: PS Kenya is a sub-recipient (SR) of AMREF Health Africa, a Principal Recipient (PR) in implementing Malaria activities under the new funding model of Global Fund for TB HIV/AIDS and Malaria (GFTAM) support in the Malaria epidemic-prone highland County of Busia. The Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey (KMIS) 2015[1] reports a Malaria prevalence of...Read More
Agenga Dispensary is located in Agenga Nanguba ward, in Samia sub county, Busia county. The dispensary supports Agenga and Sigalame community units. The dispensary has a catchment population of 7224 persons with an estimated 912 children under five years in an estimated 1445 households. In the year 2020, 885 children under five years in the...Read More
It was song and dance as a cohort of young mothers from Ol Mekenyu, Narok county, graduated from a vocational skills training that was organized and facilitated by the Binti Shupavu program in partnership with the County Government of Narok. Binti Shupavu (translates to brave daughter) is a Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) funded Adolescent...Read More
PS Kenya has been working with the Tunza family health network for over 10 years to enhance their capacity to deliver quality primary health care and to build sustainable health care businesses. Over the years, PS Kenya has worked with more than 500 Tunza facilities to build their competence in primary health care provision, set...Read More
Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) works with the neediest communities in hard to reach areas. Kilifi is a coastal county with the highest number of teenage pregnancies in Kenya at 21.8%. Due to early pregnancies, many girls are forced to cut short their dreams and aspirations to take care of their children. PS Kenya has...Read More
Art is an effective tool capable of transferring knowledge, creating memories, inspiring, activating and sustaining healthy behaviors. Targeting men, women, and youth, the Accelerate program appreciates art as a tool that can easily influence the adoption of healthy behaviors and practices. The Accelerate program supported this year’s Heart 4 Art Festival and Awards Event, an...Read More
Kenya has made strides in increasing its modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) and sustaining demand, but is still faced with a challenge of increasing use in counties with low contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) and sustaining use among counties with high contraceptive prevalence rate. With an aim to increase access to, and use of, modern contraceptives...Read More
PS Kenya marked the annual NGO week by exhibiting at the annual NGO week event held between the 14th and 18th March 2022 at the KICC grounds, Nairobi. The event was organized by the NGO Coordination Board with this year’s theme being, ‘Celebrating NGOs Adaptation, Innovation and Resilience in a Global Pandemic’. This year’s theme...Read More
In 2020, breast cancer reported 2.3 million new cases and 685,000 deaths globally, making it one of the world’s most prevalent type of cancer (WHO). In Kenya, breast cancer registered 5,985 new cases and accounted for 9.2 % of all cancer deaths, making it the third leading cause of all registered deaths due to cancer...Read More
