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Trans-Nzoia First Lady Lilian Natembeya today launched a one-day stakeholder capacity building workshop on stillbirth and newborn fatalities at Kitale Club.
The First Lady voiced concern over the rising number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in the region.
To avoid similar incidents, she stated that stakeholders and communities must work together.
Improving stillbirth prevention, delivery and bereavement care, and developing culturally relevant treatments for care and support of parents facing stillbirths and infant losses were among the topics covered during the workshop.
The event was organized by the Centre for Childbirth, Women’s, and Newborn Health at The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).
The LSTM, led by Prof Dame Tina Lavender, is dedicated to enhancing care for women and newborns via high-quality research and capacity building.
This Global Health Research Unit on the Prevention and Management of Stillbirth and Neonatal Death, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), brings together top researchers with expertise in stillbirth prevention and bereavement care to collaborate with colleagues who have extensive experience working in maternity care in low- and middle-income countries.
