Reproductive Health for Sustained Economic Development in Kenya

The Kenyan population increased by about one million each year between 2000 through 2010 and is now one of the highly populated countries in Africa at more than 40 million. The population grew at a faster rate than the economic indicators, threatening the reproductive and maternal newborn health gains realized in the past and posing a big obstacle in the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Vision 2030. For Kenya to realize a more manageable population growth rate there is need to improve the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) that currently stands at 45.5%.

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Simon K. Ruttoh, PhD (2000), Annamalai University, MA (1996, Annamalai University) is a senior Lecturer and Head, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, Moi University-Eldoret- Kenya.