The Health Cabinet Secretary, Aden Duale, has directed all regulatory bodies under the Ministry of Health to probe and report to him every three months on the country's maternal mortality rate.
Speaking during a meeting with the Council of Governors on Thursday, April 24, the CS said that the bodies should pull up their socks and hold regular consultative meetings with county governments and the national government to identify gaps in the health sector, facilitating maternal mortality.
According to the CS, the move aims to reduce the rate of maternal mortality in the country and project Kenya's maternal healthcare as the most prominent in the region.
The CS issued the directive during a consultative meeting between the COG and the ministry on the implementation of universal health coverage in Naivasha.
