The new facility will process more than 40,000 units of blood annually, reducing reliance on Nairobi while improving emergency and maternal healthcare...
Gynaecologist Dr Swabra Swaleh stressed the need for women to understand potential risks associated with pregnancy, saying awareness plays a key role...
Professor Julius Ogengo, co-lead of the postpartum haemorrhage programme and champion of the Roaming Blood initiative under the PPH Foundation, says t...
Preterm birth is frequently sudden and unexpected, bringing intense stress and psychological trauma, uncertainty, and emotional disruption for mothers...
Maternal sepsis can develop from infections during pregnancy, labour, or after childbirth, triggering an extreme immune response. Early recognition an...
Kenya’s civil registration data show intersex births rose from 9 cases in 2024 to 17 in 2025. Registered births increased to 1,144,847, while facility...
Kenya’s adolescent pregnancies recorded at first antenatal visits declined overall from 2022 to 2025, with totals falling from 258,262 to 235,938. Gir...
Kenya Economic Survey 2025 data show adolescents presenting pregnant at first antenatal care fell 4.2% to 235,900, yet pregnancies among ages 10–14 ro...
Taita Taveta County has introduced a newborn and infant screening programme to detect life-threatening conditions early, including sickle cell disease...
Beyond internal struggles, the childbirth experience itself can have a profound impact on a woman’s mental well-being. For many, especially first-time...
According to a statement by the US Embassy, this support ensures safer deliveries and improved care for newborns.
Donor support for maternal and newborn health in Kenya fell by up to 55% in 2025, pushing experts to call for more investment in primary healthcare, w...
Health experts in Kenya report more children with persistent flat feet, linking early weaning, vitamin D and manganese gaps, and possible glyphosate-r...
At Kakamega Referral Hospital, nurse Eileen Muhari uses Kangaroo Mother Care to support premature babies, countering harmful mother–newborn separation...
Kenya is rolling out a digital system requiring all maternal and newborn deaths to be reported within 24 hours and audited in seven days, aiming to cu...
The Director General for Health, Patrick Amoth, said the country has recorded some improvements over time, but the pace has slowed and remains below e...
Kenya records 21 neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births, far above 2030 targets. Frontline doctors cite nurse shortages, equipment gaps and weak referr...
At an international maternal conference, Ghanaian mother Koiwah Koi-Larbi shared her experience of multiple pregnancy losses, exposing gaps in managin...
Stillbirths are frequently caused by complications such as prolonged labour, infections, maternal health conditions, or poor-quality care during pregn...
Africa CDC data show millions of preventable maternal and child deaths each year, driven by weak, inefficient health systems. At a global conference,...
Only two Kenyan counties have met neonatal SDG targets, with most lagging due to equipment shortages, staff gaps and weak referrals, putting newborns—...
Even after giving birth, her struggle did not end. Without a clinic book or identification, she says she was denied postnatal services.
New research suggests that the changes happening in a pregnant woman’s brain may actually be part of a natural biological process that prepares her fo...
The County Department of Health Services is implementing updated Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) strategies in line wit...
Denmark’s success is built on decades of sustained investment in healthcare, including robust laboratory capacity, integrated screening during pregnan...
