Kenya: Child Deaths Catastrophe That Remains Unaddressed

opinion

Nairobi — Every year Kenya is blessed with 1.2 million new babies. Wouldn't it be wonderful if all of them were available for school placement five years later! Yes, indeed, it would be. Unfortunately many die before that time.

According to available statistics, 27,000 (2.25 per cent) of these babies live for less than one week, while 36,000 (3 per cent) do not complete the first month alive,

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