DKT Ethiopia’s Country Director, Michael Evans, passed away on June 10, 2021, due to cardiac arrest. Michael, 61, served DKT and its noble cause with passion, humility and kindness. He was loved and respected by the DKT Ethiopia staff and helped guide the organization in
In an effort to promote family planning, DKT Ethiopia (‘DKT’) hosted a nationwide Journalists Award Program in late 2020, a first-of-its-kind event for the leading social marketing organization in Ethiopia. Seventeen radio journalists from around the country took part in the inaugural program, with the
A serendipitous outgrowth of social marketing When Phil Harvey started DKT International in 1989, he did not foresee surplus revenues from countries like Brasil and the Philippines one day being used to seed family planning programs in Ghana and Mozambique. But that’s exactly what has
30 years, 43m couple years protection later, social marketing leader continues to thrive Reliable. The first core value in DKT Ethiopia’s 2015-19 Strategic Plan is an appropriate encapsulation of the organization’s 30 year history in Ethiopia. Starting with a single product, Hiwot Trust condoms, in 1989, DKT
Social marketing is the application of commercial principles and practices to sell socially beneficial goods that are not sustainable by commercial distribution alone. Social marketing generates revenue on a sliding scale based on overall economic development and donor subsidy makes up any gap. DKT Ethiopia
DKT’s Partner Clinic network reached the 100-member mark in July 2018, a milestone outlined in the organization’s grant with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). “Having 100 high-quality partners across Ethiopia means we have viable service points for comprehensive family planning and reproductive health
One of the great distinctions of social marketing is the volume of sales data generated. Years and even decades of transaction history are available to help program managers refine existing product offerings and plan for the next generation of products to meet consumer needs. DKT
Could experienced Health Extension Workers (L4HEWs) be the key to catalysing uptake of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) in Ethiopia? An 8-month pilot conducted at 52 health posts in four regions in 2016-17 suggests that L4HEWs have the ability to effectively provide LARC insertion and removal
Fifth-year medical students at St Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) recently helped test the Pregna PPIUD(TM) against traditional, Kelly forceps-based intrauterine device (IUD) insertion. The students, who had no prior experience with IUD insertion, successfully used the Pregna PPIUD 28/33 (84.8%) times compared to
Can an IUCD get lost in the cervix? Do contraceptives make women infertile? Are implants painful? This infographic considers five common misconceptions about family planning in Ethiopia.
