Deliver on Your Own: Disrespectful Maternity Care in rural Kenya

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214836
• Publication Date: 2020-01-07T13:37:58Z
• Authors: Adelaide M. Lusam...; Violet Naanyu; Terrance J. Wade; Lindsay Mossman; Michaela Mantel; Rachel Pell; Angela Ngetich; Kennedy Mulama; Lucy Nyaga; Jerim Obure; Marleen Temmerman
• Keywords: Maternity care

Under the Free Maternity Policy (FMP), Kenya has witnessed an increase in health facility deliveries rather than home with Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) resulting improved maternal and neonatal outcomes. Despite these gains, infant mortality morbidity rates remain unacceptably high indicating that more needs to be done.