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    "id": 1087569,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1087569/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Kasanga",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 13185,
        "legal_name": "Sylvia Mueni Kasanga",
        "slug": "sylvia-mueni-kasanga"
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    "content": "NOTING THAT integrating mental health care into primary healthcare settings requires training in psychiatric care and providing consulting support to primary care providers, considering that there are not enough mental health care providers to meet the current and growing need for mental health services; APPRECIATING THAT the Health Act under Section 6 (1) (b) provides that every person has a right to reproductive health care which includes the right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable mothers go safely through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period which should include the integration of mental health in perinatal care as recommended by the National Mental Health Taskforce in its “Mental Health and Wellbeing towards Happiness and National Prosperity” Report; NOW THEREFORE, the Senate urges the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Council of Governors to: (1) ensure that all county maternal health facilities allocate a separate ward for recovery for mothers who have gone through stillbirth or those that have lost their babies during delivery; (2) facilitate continuous mental health training and the provision of counseling support in the perinatal wards for all primary care providers in all counties; and,"
}