Many poor women have little control over their bodies or their fertility, and in Kenya where high rates of sexual violence, limited access to family planning and poverty means 43 per cent of pregnancies are unwanted. As a result 2,600 Kenyan women die in public hospitals each year after having bo

A United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) report released shows that the number of years Kenyans born at the same time can expect to live more years than many of their parents if current demographic indicators remain constant.

During the launch of the Rapid Response Initiative, Public Health and Sanitation Minister, Beth Mugo says the integration of maternal and child health services will provide a platform for improved quality care to mother and child. Low quality antenatal care, poor delivery services and lack of pro

Data from the African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) indicates that about 490 women and infants die during birth annually in Kenya, with the deaths attributed to being attended to by untrained attendants.

A study done in Kenya conducted by the department of population family and reproductive health at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that short term family planning methods are more popular among women in sub Saharan Africa as compared with long term methods.

In a resolution passed during the 5^th session of the 2^nd Pan African Parliament in South Africa, maternal, newborn and child health in Africa is set to accelerate with the endorsement of a far reaching resolution to urge governments to devote greater financing towards health

Retrogressive cultures among the Somali is putting the lives of expectant Somali women at risk at the Dadaab refugee camp, as expectant mothers requiring caesarean section will require only the expectant woman’s father in law and in his absence, he husband to give consent before the operati

Retrogressive cultures among the Somali is putting the lives of expectant Somali women at risk at the Dadaab refugee camp, as expectant mothers requiring caesarean section will require only the expectant woman’s father in law and in his absence, he husband to give consent before the operati