Kakamega County has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Lwala Community Alliance to improve maternal health.
The partnership follows concerns over the worrying case of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), one of the leading killers of expectant women in Kenya and globally.
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a condition associated with severe or excessive bleeding after childbirth and has lately raised concern in medical circles following reports from the World Health Organisation that result in around 70,000 deaths every year.
The Chief Executive Officer of Lwala Community Alliance, Julius Mbeya, said the Alliance is deploying the use of a technology known as Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) to control haemorrhage, which accounts for more than 50 per cent of maternal mortality.
