First Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Wednesday expressed her gratitude to all the well-wishers who supported her campaign to improve maternal and child health in Kenya.
She thanked the donors who made immense contributions to buy fully equipped mobile health clinics.
The First Lady also expressed her gratitude to the individual Kenyans who joined her to run marathons to raise funds for purchasing 47 mobile clinics to provide maternal and child health services in hard to reach areas in all counties.
“I celebrate with Kenyans that the promise I made two years ago to equip all 47 Counties with one mobile clinic each is almost over,” said the First Lady when she spoke at the Muranga Ihura Stadium, after issuing the 46th clinic to the county.
She said the achievement of the target was made possible by the many well-wishers who rallied to support her initiative.
“My ultimate satisfaction will be to hear that more children will live to celebrate their 5th birthday, that mother to child HIV transmission will be eliminated, and that no child, mother or father will die from preventable diseases,” said the First Lady.
The First Lady said another healthcare issue that concerns her deeply is cancer and she will continue advocating for early screening.
“There is still significant work to be done in this area. My personal philosophy is that the unnecessary death of anyone is one death too many,” said the First Lady.
The 47th clinic will be handed over to Nairobi County to mark the achievement of the First Lady’s target.
By PSCU.