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2.6 Childbirth in modern Kenya
The type of healthcare offered during childbirth in hospitals and other health facilities varies considerably across Kenya. A few expectant ...
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2.5 Health in Kenya in 2017
Health is a complex phenomenon to document. However, by looking at 1) how long people live, 2) what sort of ...
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2.4 The first medical school in Kenya
The problem There were few African doctors working in East Africa during the colonial period. In 1958, one of them, ...
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2.3 The Christian missionaries and health in Kenya
The early years The first Christian missionaries arrived in Kenya in the late 19th century. Ann Beck's well renowned book, A history ...
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2.2 Health and medicine during the colonial period in Kenya
Ann Beck’s book A history of the British Medical Administration of East Africa, 1900-1950, which was published in 1970, tells ...
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2.1 Traditional medicine in modern Kenya
In the beginning Traditional medicine was practised in Kenya long before the missionaries and colonialists set foot in Kenya and ...