ASAL Contraceptive Access Study
Investigating what it takes to keep contraceptive choice reliably available across Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands, where distance and stockouts decide access.
In the arid north, the barrier is rarely willingness — it is the last mile. A method that is out of stock, or a clinic that is a day’s travel away, quietly removes choice regardless of policy on paper. This study maps those failure points and tests what holds the supply chain together.
Findings are designed for county planners, so the answer to a stockout is a system fix rather than a one-off delivery.
Objectives
- 01Quantify contraceptive stockout frequency and its drivers across three counties.
- 02Test supply-chain and outreach models suited to low-density, high-distance settings.
- 03Produce county-ready recommendations for sustaining access.
Our approach
The study combines facility supply audits with community access surveys across Garissa, Wajir, and Mandera, comparing sites to isolate which interventions actually reduce stockouts and shorten the distance between a person and their chosen method.
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