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Health PS advises mothers to give birth in county hospitals

West Pokot, Kenya: Expectant mothers in the semi arid West Pokot County have been advised to seek pre-natal care and deliver in health facilities in order to reduce mother and infant deaths.

Health Principal Secretary Khadija Kassachoon observed that most women in the region deliver at home, posing a great health risk to themselves and their babies.

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