Dear Friends,
When a woman dies from pregnancy or childbirth, it is not just a personal tragedy, but proof of how shamefully little many countries have done to tackle maternal mortality-Daily Nation September 20, 2010.
The Ministry of Health and its partners including UNICEF have been conducting vigorous campaign to intensify already existing efforts and strategies to prevent maternal deaths in Kenya. For a long time, this was just part of a job for me; part of the reason why they pay me at the end of every month. Yes the statistics were grim and shocking but because as so many human beings I could not put a face to this tragedy i continued reciting the statistics in seminars and workshops and trainings and conferences...but they remained just that....statistics
But on Dec 11th 2010 these statistics became a face for me.My dear friend, a beautiful young woman that i have known since 1996 (14 years to be precise) lost her life while bringing forth life. Snatched away so soon.....never to smile and laugh with us....never to hold her husband's hand again......never to suckle the beautiful daughter that she carried for 9 months that she leaves behind to face this life without a mother's comforting and guiding hand.
