The County Government of Kisumu today announced a new maternal and newborn health initiative aimed at mobilizing expectant women to seek antenatal screenings, and as a result, improve maternal and newborn outcomes in the county. In addition to the equipment and training, GE Healthcare will provide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) advisory support to the county. These easy to use equipment and the training will go a long way in equipping the maternal health providers at the lower level facilities with the requisite tools to support the management of maternal health especially prenatal and newborn management”. Farid Fezoua, Vice President, CEO & President GE Africa and GE Healthcare, Africa, said GE is proud to support better outcomes for maternal, newborn, and child health across Africa. Media Contact:Aloice S. O. AgerDirector - Governor's Press UnitCounty Government of Kisumumzeeager@gmail.com+254 722 285486Annette MutukuPR & Communications Lead, GE East Africaannette.mutuku@ge.com+254701728249About GE Healthcare:Harnessing data and analytics across hardware, software and biotech, GE Healthcare (www.GEHealthcare.com) is the $19 billion healthcare business of GE (www.GE.com) (NYSE:GE).

Source: Ethiopian News September 21, 2018 11:37 UTC