Abstract |
This chapter presents findings from key areas in maternal and child health namely, antenatal, postnatal and delivery care, childhood vaccination and common childhood illnesses and their treatment. One of the priorities of the Ministry of Health in Kenya is the provision of medical care and counselling services during pregnancy and at delivery that impact the survival of both the mother and infant. The 2003 KDHS results provide an evaluation of the utilisation of these health services, as well as information useful in assessing the need for service expansion. The information can be used to identify women whose babies are at risk due to non-use of maternal health services. The findings are also valuable to policy makers and programme implementers in strengthening implementation of programmes and activities to improve maternal and child care services. The results in the following sections are based on data collected from mothers about live births that occurred in the five years preceding the survey. |