Postpartum Family Planning Initiative
Offering family planning counselling and methods in the hours and days right after delivery — when access matters most and is too often missed.
The weeks after childbirth carry real risks when pregnancies follow too closely, yet postpartum contraception is one of the most frequently missed touchpoints in the care pathway. This initiative repositions the offer to the moment a mother is already in the health system: at delivery and the immediate follow-up.
The change sounds small. Its effect on the choices available to thousands of coastal mothers has not been.
Objectives
- 01Integrate contraceptive counselling into routine delivery and postnatal care.
- 02Train maternity staff to provide immediate postpartum methods safely.
- 03Track continuation and satisfaction over the first postpartum year.
Our approach
Working with Kilifi County facilities, the project redesigned the postnatal workflow and equipped providers to counsel and deliver methods on site. A cohort of mothers is followed across the first year to understand not just uptake but whether choices hold over time.
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