Nairobi, April 30 -- The number of people seeking modern birth control procedures in Kenya dropped by approximately 11 percent between 2024 and 2025, marking one of the sharpest single-year contractions in the country's family planning programme in recent years.

Official data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that approximately 5.4 million people went for various modern contraceptive methods in 2025, down from 6.1 million recorded the previous year, representing a loss of nearly 700,000 users across all categories combined.

Modern contraceptives are medical methods used to prevent unintended pregnancies, and they are a cornerstone of reproductive health services globally.

These range from short-term options, suc...