Friday, March 29, 2024

Climate Change in Wajir Risks Mother and Child Survival

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By Aggrey Omboki

According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) of 2014, Wajir has a maternal mortality ratio of 1,683 deaths per every 100,000 live births, which is almost four times the national average of 362.

The KDHS and the United Nations Population Fund estimates that the county’s neonatal or infant death rate is 362 per every 100,000 live births a worrying nine times higher than the national average, which is estimated at 39.

For Alasey Derow, the nearest health Centre for her family is the outreach clinic in Murga Harun that the Ministry of Health, the Wajir County government and Save the Children, a child survival NGO, jointly sponsor.

Save the Children is carrying out a humanitarian aid effort in the county, which includes fueling vehicles involved in water supply, sponsoring mobile outreach Centres to ensure that residents access vital services like antenatal clinics for expectant mothers and immunization for children under five years of age…

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