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• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: 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: (i) ensure that all county health facilities with maternity wings, allocate a separate ward for recovery for the mothers who have gone through still birth or those that have lost their babies during delivery; (ii) to facilitate continuous mental health training and the provision of counselling support in the perinatal wards for all primary care providers in all counties; (iii) establish counselling facilities at all county health facilities with maternity wings ... view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: In Kenya, for example, we have about one to five female adolescences between the age of 15 and 18 years who fall pregnant, but where do they go? They suffer depression. They have to fight with families and communities and people judge them. Therefore, we need separate facilities where young mothers can be counselled. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, women are also raped and they may get pregnant. That also happens to those who are married. Where do those women go to? They have to be counselled. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: It is sad that in our facilities, we only have maternity wings that take care of those mothers. We need a devolved kind of system now that health is devolved. We need to have separate wings for young mothers who are raped and those who suffer from post- natal and postpartum depression. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: After childbirth, some women undergo mental depression, but where do they go? Unfortunately, they are taken to Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital or other mental hospitals. If we had such facilities, they would be taken through counselling, just to massage their depression. Therefore, those facilities are important and that is quite long overdue. Additionally, Kenya has few specialists. You will find health workers also serving as counsellors to support these mothers. For instance, in Nairobi City County, there are four million people and in Kenya we are about 50 million people. If you have about 500 view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: specialists in this field, that means that even if the facilities are opened, we will not have enough caregivers to offer support. We also need to train health workers or counsellors to support our women. We also lack national programmes for pre and post-natal depressions. We need to have capacity building to ensure that people are at least knowledgeable in terms of how to support such women and other mental disorders. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: We also do not have public awareness on this issue. I am sure some of you are knowing that today. Women have really suffered. Let us also create awareness on such issues. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: There is an urgent need for appropriate intervention to improve communication in such facilities. For every county, we can have separate facilities. We just need a ward or two to have these facilities set up to support our women who suffer such depression. view