Leveraging high-impact scalable innovations, in the public health sector, to enhance maternal and newborn survival.
Despite many initiatives in Kenya, maternal and newborn mortality remain unacceptably high at 355 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births and a neonatal mortality rate of 21 per 1,000 live births (Kenya Demographic and Health Survey [KDHS], 2022). Thus, about 15, mostly young women, die daily due to pregnancy related causes, that are largely preventable.
