Reproductive, Maternal, New-Born & Child Health

Reproductive health department work in line with SDG 3.1 which set the target that by 2030 the global maternal mortality ratio will have reduced to less than 70 per 100,000 live births.
The RMNCH goal is to contribute to the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality in the 7 KMET priority Counties.
This will be achieved through 4 strategic objectives: to strengthen capacity of health service providers on quality facility-based RMNCH services; to increase access to information and MNCH services among young people and Women of Reproductive Age; to promote access to RMNCH commodities and equipment in health facilities and to promote evidence based MNCH implementation through research and publication.

The Kaleidoscope Project: Reclaiming Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Justice (SRHRJ) for All is a global feminist initiative promoting the SRHR of women, girls, and marginalized populations. It is co-led globally by ARROW, Global Fund for Women (GFW), Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), and the MAMA Network. In Kenya, the project is at scale, implemented by a coalition of national partners: KMET, Zamara Foundation, SRHR Alliance, ADS Nyanza, TICAH, and RHNK. KMET’s Role in the Project at Scale: At this advanced implementation phase, KMET acts as a service delivery support partner, strengthening public sector health systems through the Ministry of Health. KMET provides technical support and capacity strengthening, ensuring that the Ministry of Health remains the lead implementer at the county level in Samburu and West Pokot. In both counties, KMET collaborates with Zamara Foundation, ADS Nyanza, and TICAH to implement the project jointly while aligning government priorities and structures. KMET supports the MoH in SRHR service delivery and technical assistance, offering technical capacity to MoH facilities to deliver client-centered, rights-based SRHR services in accordance with existing MoH tools, service protocols, and infrastructure. Zamara Foundation contributes by providing technical support and capacity strengthening on communication and messaging. ADS Nyanza leads in establishing a community-winning coalition to foster local support and accountability, while TICAH actively coordinates the partners in joint implementation efforts

The KMET Scale-Up of Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) in Kenya is a national initiative led by the KMET aimed at enhancing access to ASRH information and services, including Post-Abortion Care (PAC), by strengthening community-based delivery systems and integrating them into Kenya’s public health infrastructure. The project leverages digital tools and referral linkages, particularly the KMET Digital Management Information System (DMIS)—a platform aligned with Kenya’s Kenya Health Information System (KHIS)—to enable real-time referrals, service tracking by age and gender, quality assurance supervision tools, and data visualization for informed decision-making and Ministry of Health (MoH) reporting. The project is implemented within MoH structures, using approved tools and with MoH support across Kisumu, Busia, Bungoma, Homa Bay, Migori, Trans Nzoia, and Marsabit counties. The referral system involves Community Health Promoters (CHPs) and Youth Peer Providers (YPPs) who conduct education and refer adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 10–24 to approved service delivery points—pharmacies, clinics, and hospitals—while using digital forms for referral tracking. Pharmaceutical outlets also known as vendors provide counseling, deliver services according to client choice, and refer girls to clinical centers for PAC or Long Acting and Reversible Contraceptive (LARC), documenting all encounters in the system. Clinics and hospitals, both public and private, function as referral hubs managing complications, receiving referred clients, and closing the referral loop while mentoring frontline providers. The expected outcomes include increased uptake of adolescent-responsive ASRH and PAC services, a digitally responsive and linked referral system, strengthened data quality and equity, and a scalable model aligned with government health priorities. KMET works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the Division of RMNCAH, the Kenya Pharmaceutical Association, and community-based actors to promote sustainability, enhance accountability, and ensure seamless integration of services within Kenya’s broader health system.

The goal of the Accelerating Post-partum family planning into Primary Health Care in Kenya (APIP) project is to scale up quality Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) and Post-abortion Family Planning (PAFP), increase uptake of contraceptive methods among postpartum and post-abortion women during the first-year post-pregnancy at public Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities and explore and identify specific interventions for private health facilities at the level of PHCs (or above) in select counties of Kakamega, Isiolo, Makueni, and Kwale. KMET’s implementation of the program is focused in Kakamega County with the aim of increasing community engagement in transforming social norms that limit PPFP/PAFP uptake.

The Advanced Transformative Change (ATC) Project is a reproductive health approach aimed at expanding access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health. It is implemented in Homabay County through a collaborative and integrated model, strengthening existing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) approaches and services while building the resilience of health systems to provide responsive, comprehensive, and quality SRHR services. The project focuses on empowering women and girls to make their own health choices and improve their sexual and reproductive health outcomes with a goal of increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya.

The Integrated Maternal and Newborn Health, Nutrition, and WASH for Well-being (MAMA-WELL) project aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality, as well as child wasting rates in Siaya County, Kenya, by developing an integrated and scalable model for improved access to water, sanitation and hygiene and supplemental nutrition to reinforce maternal and neonatal health services in areas affected by climate change and/or poor water access.

KMET In partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Harvard Medical School and Izumi Foundation, USA is running a research on an innovative way of empowering healthcare providers with skills on management of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). This compliments strategies by the Ministry of health to achieve the millennium Development goal (MDG) 5; to improve Maternal Health.

Uterine Balloon Tamponade (UBT) is a medical device that can be used to treat Postpartum Hemorrhage which is unresponsive to uterotonics and other primary interventions .The main aim of this intervention is to develop an affordable technique that can be used in low resource settings to address one of the main health threats to pregnant women which is excessive bleeding during or after delivery.

UBT technique consists of a water-filled balloon inserted into the uterine cavity to apply pressure to the walls of the mothers’ uterus to stop excessive bleeding after delivery thus providing a simple, rapid and affordable, effective point of care method of managing PPH.

A complete kit consists of 2 condoms, 2 cotton strings, 1 Foley catheter, a 60ml syringe, 1 data card and 1 referral card.

Post-Partum Hemorrhage contributes to 34% of maternal deaths (287,000) making it one of the most common causes of maternal mortality in Kenya. It is therefore critical that health care workers expand their options of managing PPH. One such option is to help healthcare workers to master use of a uterine balloon tapenade in the management of Postpartum Hemorrhage.

Planned Parenthood Global Is collaborating with KMET, 6 other service delivery organizations and 1 advocacy organization to implement a sexual and reproductive health service delivery and advocacy project in southwest Kenya. KMET’s overall goal in the CTG project is to increase awareness of access to, and use of quality contraceptive and comprehensive abortion care services in high need communities in Kisumu, Siaya and Migori Counties. CtG also has a particular focus on strengthening the capacity of healthcare providers to offer facility –based youth –friendly services and to advocate for expansion of sexual and reproductive health rights and services. To date, KMET support 22 youth friendly centers (photos may be added)

It’s a 5year advocacy program funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs through SIMAVI and runs up to May 2020. KMET and 16 other partners under the umbrella of the Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) seek to strengthen sustainable alliances that address the Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) of young people. It also seeks to improve socio-cultural, political and legal environment for gender-sensitive youth friendly sexual reproductive health and rights.

Uzaaji Salama is project whose purpose was to contribute to improved maternal health outcomes in Siaya County. The project’s overall objective was to contribute to improved maternal health by increasing public participation in monitoring and ensuring accountability in provision of maternal health services; increasing access to comprehensive documentation, at facility level, on the status of maternal health service provision; improving involvement of communities and leaders in promotion of maternal health as an issue of human rights and dignity; and increasing involvement of the citizenry in budget tracking and analysis to ensure the maternal health resources are efficiently used.

Kisumu County Department of Health, CureCervicalCancer (CCC) and Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET) are in partnership on a comprehensive cervical cancer prevention project with the goal of decreasing the overall incidence rate of cervical cancer in Kisumu County. Engaging leadership and resources from both the public and private sectors, this partnership identifies current gaps and implements new strategies in order to achieve a sustainable organized cervical cancer screening program across Kisumu County. The project kicked off back in 2017.