Government consider different financial approach for family planning drugs
The government is considering different approaches to bridge the financial gap for family planning as donor funding wears out following the country’s declaration as a low middle-income economy.
Dr. Andrew Mulwa, Acting Director of Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, stated that every financial year the country faces a Sh1.3 billion deficits in family planning financing.
“With dwindling donor financing, the government is mulling over how to fill the family planning financing gaps since by 2026, all donors would have pulled out and we are expected to sustain the program through domestic financing,” he said.
“In the 2013/14 financial year, we got donor funding to a tune of Sh2.3 billion which had been reduced to Sh777 million in the 2022/21 financial year, translating to a 60 per cent decline in donor funding,” he added.
Mulwa said the government has increased efforts towards self-sustainability of the program.
He said in the 2020/21 financial year, Sh559 million was spent on the program and another Sh863 million in the 2021/22 financial year.
“Without access to domestic financing, we shall have less family planning services which might result in a surge of the population,” he said.
He also urged men to consider vasectomy as a family planning method.
