Fact Sheets

This fact sheet highlights the status of adolescent SRH in Lamu County in relation to the national trends. The data are drawn from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2012 Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey and the 2014 Basic Education Statistical Booklet.

About 1 in 4 (24%) people in Nyandarua County are adolescents aged 10-19. This fact sheet highlights the status of adolescent SRH in Nyandarua County in relation to the national trends. The data are drawn from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2012 Kenya AIDS indicator Survey and the 2014 Basic Education Statistical Booklet.

Adolescents comprise 24% of Kenya’s population. This large adolescent population has implications on the country’s health and development agenda as it is likely to place increasing demands on provision of services.

The health benefits of contraceptive use are substantial. Contraceptives prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the number of abortions, allow women to time their births, and lower the incidence of death and disability related to complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

In 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution that explicitly permits abortion when there is need, in the opinion of a trained health professional, for emergency treatment; if the life or health of the woman is in danger; or if it is permitted under any other written law. Previously, abortion was only permitted to protect a woman’s life.