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Vihiga’s maternal health investments saving lives.[Courtesy]
When Gladys Kavaya delivered her third child, a bouncing baby girl, at the new Mother and Child Health Unit in Mbale early this year, the experience was worlds apart from her first pregnancy eight years earlier.
In 2017, Kavaya recalls enduring a difficult journey to access maternity services, travelling long distances while heavily pregnant and spending hours seeking care at an overstretched facility.
“When I was expecting my first child in 2017, getting maternity services was not easy. The hospital was far, transport was a challenge and the maternity ward was always crowded. I remember worrying about what would happen if labour started at night,” she recalls.
