The hidden toll of maternal mortality

With universal access to family planning, quality antenatal and intrapartum care, skilled birth attendance, and emergency obstetric and newborn care, most maternal and newborn deaths could be prevented.

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Behind every maternal death in Kenya is a family forever changed. Children lose mothers, communities lose leaders, and the country loses potential.

At a recent Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health and Nutrition high-level policy dialogue and CSO roundtable in Nairobi, these stories and statistics came into sharp focus.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.