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Why young Kenyan men should be part of family planning

Why young Kenyan men should be part of family planning

Key Correspondents - "Young Kenyans are blaming a lack of male involvement in family planning for the rising number of unintended pregnancies and new HIV infections among them. A 2014 report by the African Population and Health Research Center revealed that 43 per cent of pregnancies in Kenya are unplanned. Young people aged 15 to 24 constitute 60 per cent of the population and nearly half (47 per cent) of pregnancies among this age group are unintended. (...)

Young people aged 15 to 24 constitute 60 per cent of the population and nearly half (47 per cent) of pregnancies among this age group are unintended. (...)

Some young men argue that they find involvement in sexual and reproductive health issues unnecessary and time-consuming, and that their contraception options boil down to two choices: vasectomy or condoms.

“Vasectomy is not a choice for the youth, and why should I queue in health facilities to get condoms which I can buy easily from across the counter?” says Charles Nyaga, a newly married young man from Embu County in the eastern region of Kenya." (Photo © Corrie Wingate for International HIV/AIDS Alliance)

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