USAID is supporting health training of mothers in Kenya. The programs encourage women to consider delivering their children in a hospital, rather than at home. Women who deliver at home face greater risk of complications and infections, and their babies are less likely to be fully vaccinated. In areas where USAID programs are in place, hospital deliveries have nearly doubled.
This is a very important Issue, home/church delivery is causing a growing concern for women. Where I live in South – Eastern Nigeria, women live going to anti-natal in religious homes or local/native midwives instead of hospitals, though USAID is creating more and more awareness. A tragedy gripped an entire community when a woman tried to deliver in a religious home, due to complications, she was rushed to a hospital, only to be told that she cant be admitted because she did not register for anti-natal in the hospital, she died when she was about to be rushed to another hospital. The mentality of pregnant women in this area towards hospital anti-natal care is gradually changing after the incident. All the same, I appreciate USAID in their voluntary services to humanity. Ima.