New Lancet Series report says 16 women die in Kenya daily due to post-birth bleeding or 355 per 100,000 live births
In a press statement by World Health Organization (WHO), the report also places the global economic burden of the condition at more than $10 billion every year, affecting health systems, families and national economies.
While abortion is a taboo topic in Kenya, post-abortion care still threatens women’s health even when the law permits
Women Collective Kenya official Ms Lilian Maina addressing participants. She explained that many women and girls suffer complications from unsafe abortions due to the continued criminalisation of abortion care under Kenya’s 1963 Penal Code.
