As we join the rest of the world in celebrating the 100th International Women’s Day in March this year….

The life experiences shared during the launch of the Kenyan Campaign for the Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA) chapter late last year ring deep – a fresh wound that will probably never heal. Kenya bleeds from high maternal deaths. A recent report by APHRC recorded a maternal mortality ratio of 706 per 100,000 live births in Nairobi’s urban poor settlements. This truly echoes the sentiment, “the poorest women are more likely to die in pregnancy and childbirth” – WRA-K, 2010.