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Low blood levels pose risk to expectant mothers, babies

Mariam Barisa at the Kilifi Referral Hospital where she got transfused after losing her child due to lack of blood in Tana River County Hospital. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

Rehema Kavuna arrives at the Rabai Sub County Hospital feeling dizzy and struggling to breathe.

After examination and tests, doctors discover she has acute anaemia.

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