Kenya: Deliver in Hospitals, Ida Tells Women

11 December 2013

FORMER Prime Minister's wife, Ida Odinga has asked expectant mothers in Nyanza region deliver their babies in health facilities. She said this will reverse the high infant and maternal mortalities.

Ida said some expectant mothers deliver at home leading to high infant and maternal mortality rates. "They should visit hospitals when their delivery dates are due," she said.

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