The saddest thing about maternal mortality is that though it is largely preventable, we have all not done enough to prevent it. The saddest thing about maternal mortality is that though it is largely preventable, we have all not done enough to prevent it. Celebrating a maternal mortality ratio of 362 per 100,000 live births is nothing to write home about in a trillion-shilling economy. Maternal mortality and child mortality ratios are regarded as a yardstick for the state of healthcare in a country. FAILING BIGLYBeing ranked 30th worst country worldwide in maternal mortality is nothing to be proud of.

Source: Daily Nation May 08, 2017 19:17 UTC