In July last year, young mom Sharon Muriithi and her husband James lost their infant daughter Njeri. In this interview with Citizen TV’s Monday Special host Janet Mbugua-Ndichu, Sharon narrates the journey of Njeri’s loss, and some of the issues she now advocates for: healthy pregnancies, safe births, appropriate newborn care, and the adoption of positive attitudes by all health workers towards new mothers.
Sharon also brings to light an almost-neglected component of maternal health -counselling for mothers who lose their newborn children. This is Sharon’s story:
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