Kenya: Concern as More Women Give Birth at Home

15 August 2020

More women are giving birth at home and deaths are not being reported to authorities due to fear of Covid-19, new data released by the government shows.

According to the data from Civil Registration Services (CRS), the number of registered births has dropped by 13.3 per cent and deaths reduced by 15 per cent respectively since the country recorded its first covid-19 cases on March 13.

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