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Kenya: Over 90% of Babies Die From Preventable Causes - Study
Nation, 24 June 2021
Nine out of ten neonatal deaths in Kenya are as a result of preventable causes, a study has established. Read more »
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Kenya: Children Miss Life-Saving Jabs As Health Centres Shut Due to Insecurity
Nation, 26 May 2021
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Kenya: Sick Baby Died After Police Blocked Taxi at Curfew Roadblock
Nation, 4 May 2021
Police in Keroka have come under fire following the death of a four-month-old baby whose family believes could have been avoided had they not been blocked at a curfew roadblock in… Read more »
Over 90% of Kenyan Babies Die From Preventable Causes - Study
Nine out of ten neonatal deaths in Kenya are as a result of preventable causes, a study undertaken by the Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust, Kilifi, has established.
"Most of the deaths among neonates in low-income and middle-income countries can be prevented through universal access to basic high-quality health services including essential facility-based inpatient care," says the study, dubbed neonatal mortality in Kenyan hospitals, and published in the BMJ Global Health journal.
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