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Category : Reproductive Health
Kenya Making Gains in Maternal Health as MDG Date Approaches Kenya Today, Pg. 6
Monday, 07 Nov 2011

Kirinyaga district is one of the regions that have achieved tremendous success in ensuring that women in the district deliver in health facilities under the supervision of skilled health workers, with no child being delivered with the assistance of traditional birth attendant. Head of the Divisio

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Kerugoya District Hospital: An Example to Be Emulated In Maternal Health Care Kenya Today, Pg. 7
Monday, 07 Nov 2011

Kirinyaga district hospital medical superintendent Dr Benson Njuguna confides that the reason that the hospital has continued to have increased figures in skilled deliveries with mothers from neighboring district seeking services from the hospital are; attitude change  by health staff, suffi

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Taking Antenatal Care to Expectant Women: Jacaranda Mobile Clinic The Star, Pg. 26
Thursday, 03 Nov 2011

Jacaranda mobile clinic that opened in Nairobi four months ago aims at providing reproductive health services to women in poor urban areas and its main areas of operation are the northern and eastern parts of Nairobi. The clinics in Nairobi are meant to pilot the model where after up to 30 clinic

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Birth Control Takes Centre Stage as World Population Hits 7bn Daily Nation, Pg. 3
Tuesday, 01 Nov 2011

Planning permanent secretary Edward Sambili says the country’s estimated 41.6 million people are a challenge to the country’s growth in economy, sending a clear message that use of family planning in Kenya is wanting.

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Report Shows 1.8m Women Have Unplanned Pregnancies Annually The Standard, Pg. 4
Tuesday, 01 Nov 2011

The State of Kenyan population report by the National Coordinating Agency For Population And Development shows 1.8 million married women have unplanned births annually, with the government accused of not taking seriously issues of reproductive health.

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African MPs Endorse Resolution to Boost Maternal and Infant Health Kenya Today, Pg. 12
Monday, 31 Oct 2011

Health experts acknowledge that political commitment is a key catalyst towards realization of Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 on infant and maternal health, and with the endorsement of the far reaching resolution by the legislative arm of the African Union’s, Pan Africa Parliament.

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Population Rise Piles Pressure on Maternal Health The People, Pg. 46
Saturday, 29 Oct 2011

Reproductive health experts estimate more than one in three women in developing countries give birth alone or with the help of relatives which they say is dangerous for them, and with the world population rising to the seven billion mark, official from the National Coordinating Agency for Populat

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As World Population Hits 7 Billion, Birth Control Efforts Must Intensify The People, Pg. 9
Saturday, 29 Oct 2011

As the world reaches an estimated seven billion people, efforts to bring down the world’s population must continue if life on earth is to be sustainable, with critics alleging that population control is a form of authoritarian control over the world’s poorest citizens.

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