WOMEN AND CHILDREN HEALTH CARE

A woman who is probably a house wife in my community has very weird thoughts about giving birth  in a hospital i met a woman who explained to me how she had given birth to all of her five children. She said that all of her five children have been  born at home by assistance from midwives. On the contrary she had never taken any of her children to hospital for immunization or have the children have any serious sickness falling on them. The first born who is around ten years old says he cant remember when he was sick. Though they live in a very depressing environment engulfed with poverty and struggling  with life , the children consider themselves safe health wise. My main concern was that how many women in the village escape medical attention at birth yet they deliver safely and children have no sickness. What about the day when there will be an outbreak amongst these children. These women need to be advised because this may cause total sickness for their children in future. 

Location: BUKHULUNYA, KAKAMEGA, KENYA