Scientist urges Kenya to take steps to diminish maternal deaths

Scientist urges Kenya to take steps to diminish maternal deaths

By xinhuanet.com
Nov 2, 2019

An international health scientist on Friday urged Kenya to embrace partnership and awareness creation to end the increasing maternal deaths.

Marleen Temmerman, director of the Center of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Medical College of Aga Khan University in East Africa said that the country’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) is high, with 488 deaths per every 100,000 live births per year.

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