USAID Afya Jijini — Urban Health
Strengthening urban primary health systems so that family planning and maternal services reach residents of Nairobi’s dense, fast-growing settlements.
Nairobi’s informal settlements concentrate some of Kenya’s steepest health inequities: high population density, fragmented service delivery, and facilities that struggle to keep pace with demand. Afya Jijini works inside this reality, embedding reproductive and maternal health support into the city’s existing primary care network rather than building parallel structures.
Population Council Kenya contributes the evidence backbone — mapping where services fall short, testing what closes the gap, and feeding results back to county decision-makers so investment follows need.
Objectives
- 01Increase uptake of modern contraception among urban women of reproductive age.
- 02Reduce missed opportunities for family planning counselling at maternal health visits.
- 03Equip county health teams with data to target underserved sub-locations.
Our approach
The program pairs facility-level quality improvement with community outreach, then measures the two against a common set of indicators. Routine service data is triangulated with periodic client surveys, giving the county a live picture of coverage rather than an annual snapshot.
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