Pilot: Laikipia & West PokotIKO — Kiswahili for “I Know One” — envisions a provider-biased free society, recognizing and awarding the health care providers BOLD enough to offer family planning services to adolescents and youth outside conventional settings.
IKO is a Kiswahili word meaning “I Know One,” and gives its name to a project that envisions a provider-biased free society — one in which health care providers who are BOLD enough to offer family planning services to adolescents and youth outside conventional settings are recognized and celebrated.
The project identifies, motivates, and recognizes BOLD health workers — nurses and community health workers — giving them a platform to speak out, mentor their peers, and challenge societal mindsets on youth access to family planning.
IKO is currently being piloted in Laikipia and West Pokot counties.
Identifying and motivating nurses and community health workers who are bold enough to offer family planning services to adolescents and youth outside conventional settings.
Recognizing and awarding the BOLD health workers driving youth access to family planning, celebrating the risks they take to serve their communities.
Giving BOLD health workers a platform to speak out, mentor their peers, and challenge societal mindsets on youth access to family planning.
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