Feature: Kenya embraces digital health to expand access, improve healthcare


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

NAIROBI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Over a year ago, while working as a midwife at a hospital in Kakamega County, western Kenya, Maureen Maria was not only caring for expectant mothers but also found herself expecting.

As she struggled to balance her job and her pregnancy, Maria recalled that the county government, in partnership with a private firm, had introduced a digital maternal health information system at her facility.

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