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Young mothers and their newborns are being left stranded in hospitals by mounting maternity bills and gaps in SHA coverage, raising concerns over access to maternal and neonatal care.
Only six in 10 babies born in Kenya are breastfed within the first hour of life despite nearly nine in 10 deliveries taking place under the care of skilled health workers.
Salima Sitet's journey from a hepatitis B diagnosis during pregnancy to delivering a hepatitis B-free baby highlights Kenya's efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
Health experts have said over 40 percent of newborns are not breastfed within the recommended first hour after birth.
At birth, the babies are put on zidovudine and nevirapine, (prophylaxis) drugs that prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child.
Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is transmitted from mothers to babies during pregnancy, childbirth, or shortly after birth.
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