The DHS Program

Joy Wanja
DAILY NATION (Kenya)

...In less than 40 minutes, she was admitted to Pumwani Maternity Hospital and booked for a Caesarean section — a surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls in order to deliver a baby.

When she regained consciousness at 8pm, she was the proud mother to twin-daughters Margaret Wahu and Agnes Wambui.

It would have been a different story had Ms Njambi lived in a rural area, near a health facility that does not provide Caesarean section services.

The 2010 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey released on Tuesday is a catalogue of the disparities in maternal health care across the country that leave women in rural areas vulnerable in an emergency...

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Joy Wanja
DAILY NATION (Kenya)

...In less than 40 minutes, she was admitted to Pumwani Maternity Hospital and booked for a Caesarean section — a surgical incision through the abdominal and uterine walls in order to deliver a baby.

When she regained consciousness at 8pm, she was the proud mother to twin-daughters Margaret Wahu and Agnes Wambui.

It would have been a different story had Ms Njambi lived in a rural area, near a health facility that does not provide Caesarean section services.

The 2010 Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey released on Tuesday is a catalogue of the disparities in maternal health care across the country that leave women in rural areas vulnerable in an emergency...