Jane and other #HealthWorkersCount 4 #FamilyPlanning
Nurse Jane Kinya works in Kitui County, Kenya, where she’s a champion for long-acting and reversible contraception methods, or LARCs.
Kitui has one of the fastest-growing populations in the country—women here have an average of five children. And access to modern family planning has been hampered by a shortage of health workers with up-to-date skills in contraception technology.
That’s why FUNZOKenya, a five-year USAID-funded project led by IntraHealth, works with the Ministry of Health to organize workshops on LARC technology. Jane completed a training in May 2015.
“These types of methods are good for women,” Jane says. “They give them time to effectively plan their lives and not worry about visiting the health center every month.”
In this photo Jane prepares to insert an Implanon NXT. Scholar, her client, has a son that’s 20 months old. And she’s not ready for another baby yet.
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Photo by Peter Abwao for IntraHealth International
