Landmark Ruling in Kenya: A Victory for Respectful Maternity Care
Posted onThis year, International Day for Maternal Health and Rights fell three weeks after a Kenyan woman was awarded 25,000 USD in compensation by a court in Bungoma, Kenya for the disrespect and abuse she suffered during childbirth in 2013. This is a landmark case for women, in Kenya and globally, and is an affirmation of their human right to respectful and dignified maternity care…read more
Factors influencing choice of skilled birth attendance at ANC: Evidence from the Kenya demographic health survey
Posted onFactors influencing choice of skilled birth attendance at ANC: Evidence from the Kenya demographic health survey
Posted onPostpartum family planning integration with maternal, newborn and child health services: A cross-sectional analysis of client flow patterns in India and Kenya
Posted onThe effect of Kenya’s free maternal health care policy on the utilization of health facility delivery services and maternal and neonatal mortality in public health facilities
Posted onThe effect of Kenya’s free maternal health care policy on the utilization of health facility delivery services and maternal and neonatal mortality in public health facilities
Posted onKenyan woman wins $25,000 in damages after giving birth on hospital floor
Posted onKenya payout for mother made to deliver on hospital floor
Posted onImproving Health Facility Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) for Enhanced Delivery of Quality Maternal and Newborn Health Services in Kenya
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World Water Day is an opportunity to reflect on the availability—or lack—of clean water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities in places providing maternal health care around the world. A 2015 World Health Organization rapid assessment of WASH coverage in health care facilities in 54 low- and middle-income countries found that 38% of these facilities lacked access to an improved water source, or one that is likely to be protected from outside contamination. Learn how Kenya has improved WASH conditions in select health facilities in high-burden districts…read more