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 […]
March 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friend of DKT, At DKT, we think a lot about impact. What does it mean to sell millions of IUDs and condoms? While we are intentional about our goals for the future, we also know how important it is to step back and reflect on our impact so far. Whether we are considering DKT’s […]
February 2021 (2020 Results and Health Impact Announcement)
Dear Friend of DKT, We are proud to share our 2020 sales and health impact results. In spite of a great many challenges associated with a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, DKT International had a record-breaking year, providing products and services in over 90 countries and delivering more than 48.6 million Couple Years of Protection (the estimated […]
Rani Devi, A Surya Health Promoter in India
Rani Devi, A Surya Health Promoter in India Above: Rani Devi, a Surya Health Promoter, talks to young women in her community about the benefits of family planning and is now seen as a reliable expert in sexual and reproductive health. Her parents forced Rani Devi to drop out of school and marry when she […]
February 2021 Newsletter
Dear Friend of DKT, The New Year has come and gone and we hope you were able to celebrate safely. Reflecting on 2020, we are proud of the way contraceptive social marketing has helped more women and men access sexual and reproductive healthcare during a trying year. We know that our work is more than […]
How Social Marketing Changes Lives
How Social Marketing Changes Lives
