Vasectomy as an Integral Option for Family Planning in Kenya
Kenya is taking steps to address its health workforce shortage and the gender imbalance in contraceptive availability and use.
Boniface Sebikali
Former senior clinical training advisor, IntraHealth International
Boniface Sebikali was the Senior Clinical Training Advisor, Technical Leadership, at IntraHealth International. Since 1987, Sebikali has been training physicians and health workers around the world, helping them to provide the highest-quality services and to comply with local and international best-practice protocols. Training, coaching, and mentoring clinicians and supporting the quality of care in Africa, he says, is a way to save and improve lives and give back to his home continent. Read more
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