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Ismaziah, a community nurse and midwife, assesses the child’s health and runs through the standard medical protocol checklist.
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In 2026, Kenya’s Maternal and Newborn Health Acceleration Plan prioritizes the following:
Institutionalize EWENE implementation at county level: set county level targets and county specific EWENE action plans, and cascade to facility level.
Prioritize the health workforce including midwives, neonatal nurses and community health workers, with skills based training, followed by mentorship, as well as motivation and retention strategies.
Invest in bundled care, focusing on health products and technologies, and service delivery.
Increase domestic financing: advocate for increased national allocation for maternal and newborn health, including family planning. Advocate for the ring fencing of resources for maternal and newborn health at county level.
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Kenya is one of the 11 countries that set up the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (Quality of Care Network). Kenya’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
First webinar in a four-part series sharing lessons from the Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) project. Organized by Jhpiego.
An event during the WHA79 to share high-level messages from the EWENE-Child Survival Action progress report.
A reception during WHA79
See also: ‘Leveraging MPDSR Reporting and Leadership Accountability to Reduce Preventable Maternal and Newborn Mortality‘, the poster that the Kenya delegation presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
These messages were developed by the United Advocacy Working Group for Maternal, Newborn and Child health.
Posters presented by 40 country delegations at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
International Maternal Newborn HealthConference (IMNHC) 2026 These key messages and advocacy asks are intended to equip partners with evidence-based messaging andresources in the context of