Nairobi, April 24 -- By the time the road winds its way down into Makueni County, a woman somewhere in Kenya has already lost her life to a pregnancy-related complication. It happens 15 times a day in this country, and most of those deaths did not have to happen.

That is the reality that brought together health experts, community members and leaders at Makueni County Referral Hospital yesterday, for the first Maternal Health Series hosted by Nation Media Foundation, to ensure that no woman loses her life while giving life.

Besides women, Kenya also loses about 92 newborns every day, and more than 90 mothers go home without their babies because of stillbirth.

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Makueni County was se...