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Kenya uses digital tools to cut maternal deaths, Otuoma tells UN meeting

From left: Busia Governor Paul Otuoma, Council of Governors CEO Mary Mwiti and Trade CS Lee Kinyanjiu during a meeting at United Nations in New York.

Counties are turning to digital health partnerships to curb preventable maternal deaths, Busia Governor Paul Otuoma told a United Nations meeting in New York on Wednesday.

Otuoma, a member of the Council of Governors' health committee, explained that a partnership with UK-based health technology firm Proximie has helped counties connect patients in remote areas with specialised medical teams.

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