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Rise in preterm births threat to child health in Kenya

A nurse in charge of the newborn unit at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi checks on the progress of preterm babies in an incubator. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Health experts have raised an alarm over increasing cases of premature babies in Kenya.

Figures released by the Ministry of Health (MOH) indicate that of the 1.5 million live-births in Kenya annually, 188 thousand are of babies born too soon (below 37 weeks).

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