By AGGREY OMBOKIMore by this AuthorPoorly funded adolescent and reproductive health programmes in Kenya are hampering efforts to achieve healthcare targets specified in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda, medical experts have said. The experts made the remarks at a reproductive health held Thursday at the Aga Khan University on the sidelines of the Nairobi Summit International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25). Dr Chandra-Mouli said that investment in adolescent sexual and reproductive health interventions has a major impact on the health, well-being and economy of a country. “We must advocate to keep adolescent sexual and reproductive health on the agenda. In some countries, adolescents make up as much as a quarter of the population, with their population adolescents expected to rise between now and 2050.

Source: Daily Nation November 15, 2019 18:56 UTC