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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Kenya Assessment Program for Permanent and Long-Term Contraception, 31

August to 16 September 1992.

AUTHORS

Kenya. Ministry of Health. Division of Family Health; Kenya. National Council for

Population and Development; United States. Agency for International

Development [USAID]; Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception [AVSC]

SOURCE

New York, New York, AVSC, 1992. [6], 54, [29] p.

ABSTRACT

In late summer 1992, team members visited more than 35 service delivery points in Kenya and spoke to 250

administrators and providers to evaluate the voluntary surgical contraception program in Kenya. A major

recommendation of the team was that Kenya's family planning program needs to develop a comprehensive national

implementation plan. At the site level, supervisors need to provide more supportive, hands-on, problem solving.

Further, all maternal and child health/family planning workers need to undergo on-site training in important skills,

including counseling and information and education (I&E). The I&E assessment subteam noted that I&E obstacles

had changed greatly since 1982, and Kenyan I&E efforts should adapt to these changes. The team recommended

some actions including acceleration of plans to develop a national logo and more effective use of radio. Since sites

and headquarters were required to submit many separate statistical and financial reports to individual donors and to

undergo considerable audits, the combined assessment team recommended that the donors coordinate reporting

and audit requirements. In addition to the I&E assessment subteam, other subteams examined contraceptive

prevalence and projections; cultural and knowledge barriers to family planning; Norplant, vasectomy, and postpartum

contraceptive issues; surgical/training and medical quality assurance; and management issues. (PubHealth.info

Document ID: CONT3T 1536-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Kenya Assessment Program for Permanent and Long-Term

Contraception, 31 August to 16 September 1992.", is(are) Kenya. Ministry of Health. Division of Family Health;

Kenya. National Council for Population and Development; United States. Agency for International Development

[USAID]; Association for Voluntary Surgical Contraception [AVSC]. The source of this article is "New York, New

York, AVSC, 1992. [6], 54, [29] p.". This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT3T 1536-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11536

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