The World Economic Forum Report of 2018 indicates a 32% index on the global gender gap in leadership and technology among men and women, despite the high enrollment of 65% and 66% for girls and boys in secondary education ...

Background: Birth preparedness and complication readiness promotes maternal healthcare service utilization to ensure safe motherhood by reducing the three-delay in seeking care, reaching the health facility and receiving ...

Abstract Background: In Kenya, skilled attendance at delivery is well below the international target of 90% and the maternal mortality ratio is high at 362 (CI 254–471) per 100,000 live births despite various interventions. ...

The idea for this thesis originated while I was attending weekly mortality meetings at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) coupled with high maternal and neonatal mortality rates in Kenya. I shared the idea ...

Background Maternal mortality is high in Africa, especially in Kenya where there is evidence of insufficient progress towards Millennium Development Goal (MDG) Five, which is to reduce the global maternal mortality rate ...