Aga Khan University addresses health issues among youth in Kenya’s coastal region
Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya
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Article Author: Aga Khan University addresses health issues among youth in Kenya’s coastal region
Media Source: The Exchange (Tanzania)
Date: 5 December 2019
Teen pregnancies have dropped countrywide from 404,763 cases in 2018 to 326,072 in October this year, according to the Kenyan Ministry of Health. The drop followed the launch of a youth-led strategic plan on sexual and reproductive health in April. A two-day adolescent and youth health and wellbeing symposium in Kwale county was…
Teen pregnancies have dropped countrywide from 404,763 cases in 2018 to 326,072 in October this year, according to the Kenyan Ministry of Health. The drop followed the launch of a youth-led strategic plan on sexual and reproductive health in April. A two-day adolescent and youth health and wellbeing symposium in Kwale county was organised by the Aga Khan University (AKU) International Centre for Reproductive Health and Coast county governments. Professor Marleen Temmerman, Director of the Centre for Excellence in Women and Child Health at AKU, said the symposium provided a platform for stakeholders to provide evidence-based strategies, practices, and policies.