Marie Stopes Kenya offers special services to those affected by the recent violence

Nairobi – Marie Stopes Kenya has reopened its clinics and outreach programmes following weeks of post-election violence in Kenya that has left more than 1,000 people dead, thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. With widespread reports of rape and other gender-based violence against women during recent clashes, MS Kenya clinics are offering  special free services for women survivors including emergency contraception and the testing and treatment of sexually-transmitted infections.

In addition, MS Kenya is liaising closely with other agencies such as the Red Cross to ensure that  sexual and reproductive healthcare is provided as part of the emergency services package offered in camps set up for those displaced by the violence. As well as MS Kenya team members providing services in the camps in the Nairobi and Rift Valley provinces, humanitarian agencies are referring survivors of gender-based violence to MS Kenya's clinics for emergency medical treatment. MS Kenya has also recently received support from the UNFPA to set up camps in Nyanza province.

The MSI Partnership has a long history of working in emergency settings, most recently through its RAISE (Reproductive Health Access, Information and Services in Emergencies) Initiative, a multi-agency, multi-country programme which brings together 10 leading service delivery and advocacy organisations to scale-up reproductive health services in crisis settings.

Read more about MSI’s programme in Kenya

Read more about the RAISE initiative