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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kenya recorded improvement in family planning uptake among women, Head of Promotive and Preventive Services at the Ministry of Health, Andrew Mulwa has said.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Thursday during a round table meeting with health journalists and senior ministry officials, Mulwa said about 52 per cent of women within the reproductive age use modern contraceptives.<\/p>\n

“This representing 5.2 million women, using modern family planning methods,” he said.<\/p>\n

The meeting was held ahead of the World Contraception Day that will be marked on September 26.<\/p>\n

Mulwa, however, raised concern over the low uptake of family planning commodities among men despite them having the greatest influence on reproductive matters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we don\u2019t take care of the population now, we will take care of the negative impact of population explosion in the immediate future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The head of Promotive and Preventive Services reiterated the government’s commitment to addressing existing gaps.<\/p>\n

He noted that the national government has increased domestic financing for family planning commodities with the country expected to fully finance its contraceptives budgetary needs by 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government allocated Sh559 million for family planning commodities in the 2020-2021 financial year, Sh563 million during 2021-2022 while Sh1.19 billion shillings has been set aside for the 2022-2023 financial cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at the round table, Issak Bashir, head, department of family health decried societal myths and misconceptions as the reasons for low uptake in communities.<\/p>\n

He added that the country risks witnessing a cycle of perpetual poverty if the correct information and services are not made available for the general population with the bulk being young people.<\/p>\n

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