The population index as of the year 2011
As we join the rest of world tomorrow in celebrating
world population day that has a theme of “Universal Access to
Reproductive Health Services.” , it is important to us as a country
to realize that little has been done towards the reproductive health
services and the theme should be our wake up call.
Most Kenyans especially women still lack information
on how to go about family planning and to date is still seen as a
taboo to many communities in the country leading to questions on
whether our hospitals and health Ministries are really doing their
part.
According to World Health Organization, best
reproductive system builds on the the right of men and women to be
informed and have access to safe, effective, affordable and
acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice, and the
right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable
women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide
couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.
To date, it is imperative to note that the mortality rate of
infants in our country is high due to lack of best health care and
education to their mothers on how to take care of them. This is an
area that the health ministries should really put their great focus
in safeguarding our future leaders.Lets not celebrate the day as a formality and forget that we also have an obligation to take which is pumping in funds to the reproductive health.
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