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Feature: Child death, a concern in Kenya

Mary Anyango, a resident of Kisumu in Western Kenya, still recalls how she lost her baby two weeks ago due to prolonged labor pains and other pregnancy-related complications.

"I started feeling a sharp pain in my lower abdomen at around midnight. The pain was unbearable but I decided to wait until morning. Little did I know that my baby would die," she said on Tuesday.

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