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Maternal and Child Health

Our antenatal care, under-five and family planning services are integrated and provided through a static clinic at the hospital, supported by twelve outreach clinics in the community. During the fiscal year 2010/11 the total number of antenatal women that were attended to was 7909.  8229 clients received different contraceptives with 96% receiving the injectable Depo provera during the same period. The biggest challenge is that there has been inconsistent supply of contraceptives throughout the country for the past 3 years. 

Don’t miss this wonderful footage taken in Summer 2012 from one of the monthly outreach clinics:

 

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