Kisumu County has recorded a significant drop in teenage pregnancies over the past five years, signaling the success of coordinated interventions by government agencies, schools, and civil society organizations.
According to data from the Ministry of Health collected during first-time visits to Antenatal Clinics (ANC), cases of teenage pregnancy among girls aged 10-19 have declined by 27.4 per cent between 2020 and 2024.
The decline outpaces the national average, with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) reporting only a 4.8 per cent drop in the same age bracket during 2024, and just 14.4 per cent among the more vulnerable 10-14-year-old girls.
The Kisumu data categorizes teenage pregnancies into two age groups: 10-14 years and 15-19 years.
