Mourning the passing of Michael Evans

Dear Friend of DKT, With deep sadness, DKT announces the sudden passing of DKT Ethiopia Country Director, Michael Evans, on June 10, 2021. Michael was a passionate and energetic professional and spent the last 7 years working with DKT in Ethiopia and Vietnam.  He believed deeply in the freedom and empowerment that access to contraception brought to […]

Odogwu Anene Nkemdilim – a Grocery Seller in Nigeria

Odogwu Anene Nkemdilim, a Grocery Seller in Nigeria Above: Odogwu Anene Nkemdilim runs a small grocery store and opted for an IUD to take control over her reproductive and professional life. When they got married, Odogwu Anene Nkemdilim and her husband decided they would space their children five years apart. But after getting pregnant the second […]

April 2021 Newsletter

Dear Friend of DKT, At DKT, we pride ourselves on innovation with new products, applications of technology and, highlighted in this newsletter, our creativity around educational mass media campaigns. From sexy, bold advertisements to thoughtful video series, DKT utilizes the influence of video and digital to share important sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and […]

2021 Annual Report Newsletter

Dear Friend of DKT, We are excited to share DKT’s 2021 Annual Report, which highlights achievements and impact from 2020 across the more than 90 markets we served. Despite many obstacles, 2020 was a record-breaking year for DKT. Our teams went the extra mile (often literally) to ensure that essential sexual and reproductive health care, products, […]

Ruqia Younas – A community midwife in Pakistan

Ruqia Younas, a Community Midwife in Pakistan Above: Ruqia Younas treats a young patient in her Dhanak clinic in Bhattiwala, Pakistan. Ruqia Younas earned her diploma in midwifery in 2011, excited to put her new skills to work and help the women and children of her village in Punjab Province, central Pakistan. But Ruqia didn’t have the resources […]