These factors, she added, counted towards the high cost of C-section deliveries. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of C-section deliveries rose to 64,523 out of a total of 724,463 deliveries. Last year, 25 per cent of pregnant women in Nairobi had C-section deliveries compared to five per cent in Mandera. The NHIF paid Sh82 million and Sh211 million for C-section and normal deliveries, respectively, to hospitals in Nairobi. According to Temmerman, only two hospitals offer C-section deliveries in Mandera.

Source: Standard Digital September 28, 2020 06:56 UTC