Our discussion centred around access to maternal and child health services and the community-based organisation had wanted us to hear these women’s stories. They were forced to cover distances ranging from ten to twenty kilometres to access free healthcare services in a public facility. The stories would go on until a community health promoter, Faith, recruited as part the Universal Health Coverage’s Primary Healthcare Program, stood up. They were part of a primary healthcare network, starting from households to level two and three facilities, all feeding into the hub, the primary healthcare referral facility which would be a level four facility. It wasn’t her role, but no woman will bleed out on the road, not on her watch.

Source: Daily Nation June 23, 2024 11:27 UTC