Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Maternity Hospital-Maternal Health-Central Africa-Africa Renewal-Kenya

Kenya: Investing in the Health of Africa's Mothers

[Africa Renewal] Not far from Mathare and Korogocho, two of the biggest slums in Nairobi, Kenya's capital, lies the Pumwani Maternity Hospital. Some 27,000 women give birth there each year. Most are poor and young. Yet the government-run hospital, the largest Maternal Health centre in East and Central Africa, lacks resources. Patients have to buy their own syringes, needles, cotton wool and maternity pads. read more..

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