Kenya: Battle Against Family Planning Myths, HIV-Aids in Coast

12 December 2012

The National Council for Population and Development regional co-ordinator Sammy Tanui said the Coast has a paltry 30 per cent usage of the modern family planning methods. North Eastern has the lowest with four per cent.

Tanui attributes this to myths and misconceptions about family planning. He said the problem is compounded by the fact that information dissemination in the region is poor.

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