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UNFPA is the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency.  UNFPA works to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person's potential is fulfilled. 

Our 3 transformative results

In 2018, UNFPA launched efforts to achieve three transformative results, also known as the three zeros, by 2030:

  • Zero unmet need for family planning
  • Zero preventable maternal deaths
  • Zero gender-based violence and harmful practices

UNFPA in Kenya

UNFPA works with partners including government institutions and civil society organizations in Kenya to implement innovative programs that address the diverse needs of women, adolescents, and marginalized communities. Our programmes, which operate in 18 counties further the realization of sexual and reproductive rights and choices for all people,  particularly women and young people, by providing access to quality sexual and reproductive health services such as family planning, maternity health care, and comprehensive sexuality education. UNFPA  also works to eliminate maternal deaths, address unmet family planning needs, and advocate against gender-based violence.

UNFPA Kenya unveiled its 10th  Country Programme, which will run from 2022-2026, focusing on the following:

  • Policy and accountability - Integrating sexual and reproductive health – including gender-based violence prevention – into national policies, development frameworks, and universal health coverage
  • Quality of care and services - Strengthening the capacity of health systems and institutions to provide high-quality information, services, and supplies.
  • Gender and social norms - Tackling gender norms that are holding back women and girls
  • Adolescents and youth - Strengthening skills and opportunities for adolescents and youth to ensure bodily autonomy, to become leaders and active participants, and to build their human capital
  • Evidence for programming - Strengthening data systems and evidence to take into account population changes and other megatrends in development policies and programmes.

 

Key Results

Kenya

Emergency obstetric and newborn care

Emergency obstetric and newborn care coverage was met, as per the international recommended minimum standards

Kenya

Adolescent-friendly Sexual and reproductive health services

Quality assured, adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health services were provided in at least 25 per cent of public health facilities

Kenya

Maternal death notification

At least 25 per cent of the estimated maternal deaths were notified

Kenya

Rights of marginalized groups

Intervention models or strategies to empower marginalized and excluded groups to exercise their reproductive rights were rolled out

Kenya

Gender-based violence platform

A national mechanism to engage multiple stakeholders to prevent and address gender-based violence was in place

Kenya

National plans against harmful practices

A costed national action plan to address harmful practices was developed

Kenya

Population projections

Publically available population projections at national and subnational levels, disaggregated by age, sex, location were generated

Kenya

Life skills programmes for girls

2,554

Marginalized girls were reached with health, social and economic asset-building programmes

Kenya

Advocacy platforms against harmful social norms

8

Communities developed advocacy platforms to eliminate discriminatory gender and sociocultural norms which affect women and girls

Kenya

Child, early and forced marriage

4,074

Girls received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to child, early, and forced marriage

Kenya

Female genital mutilation

4,074

Girls and women received, with support from UNFPA, prevention, protection services, and/or care related to female genital mutilation

Kenya

Community declarations on harmful practices

3

Communities made public declarations to eliminate harmful practices, with support from UNFPA, including child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation

What we do

UNFPA works in more than 150 countries and territories that are home to the vast majority of the world’s people. Its mission: to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every childbirth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

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Country Representative

Country Representative

Anders Thomsen

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Mr. Anders Thomsen has more than 25 years of experience in  Development and Humanitarian Assistance, with a  commitment to promoting Human Rights, Reproductive Health, and Poverty Reduction. He is the UNFPA Representative to  Kenya from April 2022. Prior to his appointment to Kenya, he served for three years as UNFPA Representative to Somalia and five years as the UNFPA Representative to Palestine. He focused on addressing humanitarian and development challenges related to population dynamics, youth,  reproductive health, and combatting gender-based violence.  Preceding that, Mr. Anders Thomsen was the UNFPA  Deputy Representative for India and Bhutan.


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