Dear Friend of DKT,
I am pleased to share our 2024 sales results and health impact numbers.
Despite ongoing challenges facing reproductive health in 2024, DKT had a record-breaking year, delivering more than 67.3 million Couple Years of Protection (CYPs) across more than 100 countries. We expanded into 34 new markets and launched 61 new products, ensuring increased access to and knowledge about sexual and reproductive health. We continue to be one of the largest providers of contraception and safe abortion products, services, and technology in the world.
Each year, using established health impact calculators, DKT reports out on a range of health impact statistics by country. We measure these results and share the methodology used as part of our commitment to transparency. You can find a detailed list of our health impact results on our website.
In 2024, the collective effort of our work around the world helped avert an estimated:
- 26.3 Million Unintended Pregnancies;
- 18.7 Million Unsafe Abortions;
- 206,100 Infant Deaths; and
- 43,400 Maternal Deaths
These numbers represent the individual stories and lives touched by DKT’s collective impact. They also reflect the hard work of DKT’s global teams in the face of significant challenges.
Our health impact is derived from our reproductive health product sales and distribution results. In the spirit of transparency and communication, DKT lists out all the products we sell by product type and country. A summary of this is provided below and a detailed list can be found on our website here.
DKT continues to fill the gaps left by the absence of the many family planning organizations that benefited from US support. In 2024, DKT procured approximately $140 million in reproductive health commodities – largely with our own sales revenues. And we’re doing what we can to fill gaps; last month DKT launched injectables in Tanzania, and so far this month, DKT teams have begun sales of 1-month injectables in El Salvador and the Dominican Republic (DR), and emergency contraception in Guatemala and the DR.
We take this opportunity to thank the many partners, colleagues, donors, and DKT team members who made these results possible.
We look forward to working with you and your support in 2025.
Cheers,
Chris Purdy
Global health impact numbers increase in 2024
The numbers are in and 2024 proved to be another record-breaking year for DKT’s contribution to the sexual and reproductive health field. Using the MSI Health Impact Calculator, the collective effort of our work around the world helped avert an estimated:
- 26.3 Million Unintended Pregnancies;
- 18.7 Million Unsafe Abortions;
- 206,100 Infant Deaths; and
- 43,400 Maternal Deaths
DKT experienced growth in most of its markets last year, with particularly strong results in the DR Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Combined, these countries accounted for more than 73% of the 26.3 million unintended pregnancies averted by DKT in 2024.
Teams also continued to make strong contributions supporting previously restricted and conflict-affected countries, averting more than 298,000 unintended pregnancies in Afghanistan alone. In Myanmar and the DRC, DKT averted over 231,000 and 834,000 unintended pregnancies, respectively.
To take a deeper look at the numbers by country, have a look at the full spreadsheet on our website.
Dive into DKT’s sales results: record-breaking CYPs and new uptake patterns
At DKT, our sales drive our health impact, ensuring that individuals worldwide have access to essential sexual and reproductive health products. In 2024, we achieved a record-breaking 67.3 million couple years of protection (CYPs)—meaning that 67.3 million couples were safeguarded by contraceptive methods provided by DKT for a full year.
Our sales data highlight key trends in product uptake. Injectable contraceptives saw a substantial increase, rising from 32.9 million units sold in 2023 to 44.9 million sold in 2024. Similarly, misoprostol sales grew from 25.9 million sold in 2023 to 34.7 million units sold in 2024, reflecting greater access to safe abortion options.
Below, we list a summary of our sales results. For the full breakdown visit our website.
Empowering providers to deliver quality sexual and reproductive healthcare
DKT builds provider capacity to deliver quality care through training, on-the-job mentoring, and medical detailing. In 2024, DKT built up the capacity of approximately 846,680 healthcare providers across the countries we serve. This includes doctors, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, and pharmacy assistants, equipping them with the knowledge to deliver high-quality contraceptive and safe abortion care.
DKT works with healthcare providers to facilitate the provision of clinic services in both the private and public sectors. We deliver high-quality clinical services by supporting network clinics, operating DKT-owned clinic facilities, and partnering with service delivery points to build provider capacity. Countries like Pakistan and Indonesia, where we have the biggest clinic networks, made up 30% of the total providers trained, training 93,783 and 170,107 providers, respectively.
For a detailed breakdown of healthcare providers trained by country, click here.
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