....Kenya has a high rate of maternal mortality - about 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. Some one million babies are born in the country every year, and 46 percent of them are born in homes that cannot afford food, healthcare and education, according to official statistics. The 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey said TBA-assisted deliveries accounted for 28 percent of all births in the country. They are far cheaper than those in hospitals....
....Kenya has a high rate of maternal mortality - about 500 deaths per 100,000 live births. Some one million babies are born in the country every year, and 46 percent of them are born in homes that cannot afford food, healthcare and education, according to official statistics. The 2008-2009 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey said TBA-assisted deliveries accounted for 28 percent of all births in the country. They are far cheaper than those in hospitals....