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Families pain when mothers die during child birth

World Bank says 510 maternal deaths occur per 100,000 births in Kenya while Ministry of Health data shows majority die of obstetric haemorrhage

Kevin Wekesa, a father of three from Kawangware in Nairobi, remembers the call that came just a day before Christmas. His wife Beatrice Luvule was on the other end of the line. She was panting while whispering that Wekesa needed to rush home.

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