How motorbike ambulances will help cut childbirth deaths in rural Kenya

As Kenya strives to attain the millennium development goals, it is emerging that the country loses on average 15 women and 290 children each day due to pregnancy-related complications.

The deaths mostly occur while giving birth and due to HIV and Aids infection. According to the United Nations, about 35 per cent of all newborn deaths happen because of severe infection. Around 66 per cent of under-five deaths are post-natal, usually caused by pneumonia and diarrhoea. More than 34,000 stillbirths happen each year, with most cases recorded in rural areas.