COMMUNICATION AND MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION: A STUDY OF RURAL BUSIA COUNTY
Abstract
Maternal health refers to the health of
the mother during pregnancy, childbirth
and the postpartum period( WHO, 2008).
Access and utilization of basic health
care in rural Kenya is a worrying issue.
Kenya is one of the countries in the
Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest
Maternal-Child mortality.It is estimated that Kenya has MMR of
414 per 100,000 live births(KHDS, 2007)
USAID/ MCHIP recent report indicated
an estimated 21 women die every day of
pregnancy related cases in Kenya
Same report says approximately 120
newborns die every day within 24 hours
of birth.