Kenya
Marie Stopes Kenya (MSK) was established in 1985 as a locally registered NGO. It is Kenya’s largest and most specialised sexual reproductive health (SRH) and family planning (FP) organisation. 

MSK is renowned for providing a wide range of high quality, affordable and client-centred SRH services and information to men, women and young people throughout Kenya. Through its mobile outreach units alone, MSK provides approximately 65% of all long acting and permanent (LAPM) family planning methods in the country.

Highlights

• increased the number of clients served by 103% in the first half of 2009
• contracted by the Ministry of Health to provide various sexual and reproductive healthcare services on their behalf in 5 districts, in 3 provinces
• distributed 2.4 million condoms during 2008
• completed successful male circumcision pilot in Nyanza Province. Male circumcision is the latest weapon in the fight against HIV and the outcome of the pilot in Kenya will now lead to male circumcision services being introduced in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
• expanded the social marketing product range to include emergency contraception and scented versions of the RAHA condom