Kitui County Government has inaugurated two new fully equipped maternal and newborn healthcare units, in efforts aimed at realizing quality child-bearing and neonatal health care services to local women.

The two modern health facilities, which have been installed at the Kitui County Referral Hospital and at Nuu Sub-County hospital, are expected to significantly reduce maternal and infants' deaths among child-bearing mothers.

The new health facility renamed 'Little Angles Newborn Unit' has 70 bed capacity.

The initiative, is a joint effort between the County Government of Kitui and the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), an organisation dedicated to enhancing healthcare to needy communities.