Being seven (7) years behind isn’t always a bad thing, particularly when trying to keep pace with the speed of technological innovation. DKT Ethiopia, the largest supplier of reproductive health and family planning products to the private sector in Ethiopia, is finding this particularly true
DKT commenced a pilot clinic partnership model with five (5) private clinics in Addis Ababa in April 2015. The pilot, which entails preferential pricing, technical assistance, and monitoring from DKT’s side and product exclusivity and adherence to rigorous FMoH quality standards on clinics’ side, has
DKT Ethiopia continued its record of success, completing 2014 as the 3rd largest contraceptive social marketing program in the world and the largest in Africa in terms of couples year protection (CYP). The organization distributed 4.46 million CYP in 2014, which placed DKT Ethiopia 3rd
In spite of several advantages over short-term methods like pills and injections, long-term methods, including intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUCD) and implants, continue to constitute just a fraction of contraceptive use in Ethiopia. 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) shows that IUCD and implants make
DKT Ethiopia’s Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) -supported Rural Social Marketing (RSM) pilot concluded in February, with promising results. The pilot, a 15-month, $1.1 million grant, expanded on DKT’s mainstream RSM Project (“Lekie”), experimenting with three (3) implementation models for increasing FP demand and
