Kenya
Support to the Kenya government to improve access to and demand for good quality sexual and reproductive health
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KenyaE4A-MamaYe has been working across sub-Saharan Africa since 2012. We contribute to saving the lives of mothers and babies through a strategic combination of evidence, action and accountability.
We are using proven and cost-effective techniques to improve the quality of care for mothers and newborns across four counties in Kenya, with a focus on strengthening systems within the health sector.
Active in:
KenyaReducing inequalities in access to and use of family planning commodities
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KenyaWorking with communities to reduce the practice of FGM/C in six focus countries in Africa by 2025
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KenyaEvaluating projects to promote safe motherhood and improve maternal and newborn health to generate recommendations and learn lessons for future project design
Making reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services a priority through increased use of data in decision-making.
Active in:
KenyaGathering Evidence and Finding Solutions for Scaling up Access for MNCH Products in LMICs
Strengthening the health system to deliver quality services, and improve access for women in Western Kenya
Active in:
KenyaImproving access and delivery of maternal, newborn and child health services by designing and testing innovations
Our experts
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Marleen VellekoopMarleen is a health governance specialist with over 14 years of experience in the international development sector. She has held leadership and advisory roles on public health projects in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. She brings experience in health data systems, reproductive health and health security. At present she is Project Director for MamaYe! project which fosters advocacy partnerships that make health systems more accountable to women's needs.
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Kenneth MachariaKenneth has over 21 years’ international experience designing programmes, developing and executing effective business strategies for revenue and market share growth in the UK and Africa. Kenneth is part of the Kenya Programme Management team, supporting the Director of Programmes with strategic planning and programme quality assurance. He drives strategic growth for Options in Kenya and the wider region.
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Angela NgetichAngela is passionate about improving health for all, especially vulnerable communities, by strengthening sustainable systems and increasing demand for/access to quality sexual and reproductive health services. She provides strategic leadership and technical oversight through fostering and coordinating strong local partnerships. Angela has over 18 years’ experience working in ministries of health and NGOs in Kenya and East Africa.
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Jacinta MuteshiJacinta Muteshi-Strachan is a renowned expert in gender equality, women’s rights, reproductive health, and constitutional processes, with experience as a researcher, programme director and advisor. She has over 25 years of progressively responsible leadership and management experience in leading large, international, multi-year research, evaluation, and implementation programmes in developing countries. Dr Muteshi-Strachan received her Ph.D. in education from the University of Toronto.
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Linet OyuchoLinet is a health system strengthening specialist with expertise in advocating to government for health system reforms. She leads on health financing strategies under the FCDO’s flagship WISH2ACTION program across 9 countries in Africa and Asia. This involves advocating to government on the importance of sustainable financing and budget advocacy for family planning. Linet holds a PhD in Health Policy and Systems Development.
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Lucia LabosoMs Lucia Laboso is the Kenya Country Lead for the Evidence for Action Mama Ye! programme, providing overall strategic and technical leadership to ensure it achieves increased and improved RMNCAH investments in Kenya. Lucia has over a decade’s experience in integrated project cycle management, advocacy, partnerships and institutional strengthening and holds an MA in Education, Gender and International Development from University College London.
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Oko IgadoOko is a social development in health expert with over 22 years’ experience in designing and leading the implementation of health systems strengthening, maternal health, health financing and sexual and reproductive health strategies to strengthen citizens’ voice and hold governments to account in Africa and Asia. As our Regional Evidence and Accountability Specialist, he oversees and coordinates WISH’s quality improvement and accountability work.
News
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Monday, 4 Jul 2022This framework outlines how we approache working with governments, health providers and communities to respond to climate change and build resilient health systems that can bring sustained improvements in population health despite an unstable climate.
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Friday, 4 Mar 2022Building on the successes of its predecessor, The Girl Generation, which ran from 2013 to 2018, the UK government has just renewed its funding for the 5-year continuation of this Options' led initiative to end female genital mutilation and cutting.
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Friday, 7 Jan 2022Through our work of supporting Kenya's devolution in the health sector, we've learned three valuable lessons on fulfilling the promise of health for all and building a path to lasting change.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021There are 200 million young people living in sub-Saharan Africa, yet older generations are still the decision-makers on issues like adolescent healthcare. E4A-MamaYe has been working to change this, giving young people a voice to ensure governments invest in their health and in their future.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021In 2016, Options' supported Bungoma County, Kenya to equip a small local blood satellite centre. Five years later, the county announced it's going to build a fully equipped blood centre following our programme's advocacy efforts.
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Thursday, 16 Dec 2021Advocacy for health sector changes in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) should be locally driven. Find out how our Evidence for Action (E4A)-MamaYe team has been working to increase local advocates' power over policy decisions in the sector.
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