The Kenya and Uganda OBA programs were both financed by the German KfW Development Bank and launched in mid-2006. Recently a film was made about the Kenyan “voucher babies” highlighting one expectant mother in the Kenya program.
Nov 12 update: I wanted to post this newsletter (KenPop vol 2 issue 3, 1.9MB PDF) with more detail on the Kenya OBA program which sells vouchers for safe delivery, long term family planning products and services, and a rape response service. Between June 2006 and January 2008, over 73,000 vouchers were distributed in the 5 project sites. Safe motherhood vouchers made up more than two-thirds of the vouchers sold.
