The DHS Program

Rob Macaire
Commentary
BUSINESS DAILY AFRICA (Kenya)

...The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (2008-9) found that only 44 percent of babies were delivered in the presence of a health professional.

Most Kenyan women (57 percent) have their babies at home.

Often, when complications occur, this endangers their lives, and those of their babies.

Only 17 percent of mothers in North Eastern and 25 percent in Western province delivered their babies in health centres, according to the Demographic and Health Survey.

It seems unacceptable in the 21st century that for so many women, pregnancy and childbirth should still represent such risks...

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Rob Macaire
Commentary
BUSINESS DAILY AFRICA (Kenya)

...The Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (2008-9) found that only 44 percent of babies were delivered in the presence of a health professional.

Most Kenyan women (57 percent) have their babies at home.

Often, when complications occur, this endangers their lives, and those of their babies.

Only 17 percent of mothers in North Eastern and 25 percent in Western province delivered their babies in health centres, according to the Demographic and Health Survey.

It seems unacceptable in the 21st century that for so many women, pregnancy and childbirth should still represent such risks...