Kenya Maternal Health

Kenya Maternal Health: Photos by Paul Joseph Brown

#soliloquy-container-566{opacity:1}#soliloquy-container-566 li > .soliloquy-caption{display:none}#soliloquy-container-566 li:first-child > .soliloquy-caption{display:block} Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

A young patient waits to be examined by doctors from University of Washington in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

The government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

Residents wait for examination in rural hospital in Kenya.

A patient waits to be examined in the tuberculosis ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Newborns in the maternal ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

A mother and her infant daughter wait for their check up in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her infant daughter wait for their check up in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her infant daughter wait for their check up in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her infant daughter wait for their check up in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her infant daughter wait for their check up in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A child being measured during a check up in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A child waits for his checkup in a rural clinic in Kenya.

Two mothers stand each holding a child on their hip.

A mother and child being screened for HIV in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her newborn daughter in a rural clinic in Kenya.

Brothers wait to be examined in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her child wait to be examined in a clinic in rural Kenya.

Patients wait to receive medications from the dispensary in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A mother and father sith with their newborn in Kenya.

Father holding a child in a slum in rural Kenya.

Village children peering out a window in Kenya.

A woman breastfeeding her newborn in her home in a village in rural Kenya.

A woman breastfeeding her newborn in her home in a village in rural Kenya.

A woman and her children wait for their check ups in a rural clinic in Kenya.

Women with their children being surveyed before their checkups in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A newborn being weighed during her checkup in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A mother and her newborn daughter in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her newborn daughter in a hospital bed in Kenya.

A child being immunized in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A woman receiving a birth control implant in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A pregnant woman waits to be examined at a clinic in rural Kenya.

A woman breastfeeding her newborn in her home in a village in rural Kenya.

A mother and her children wait to be examined in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A child receiving intravenous medication in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A mother takes her newborn home on a motorcycle after giving birth in a rural clinic in Kenya.

Women wait with their newborns at a clinic in rural Kenya.

A premature infant born in a hospital held by her mother in rural Kenya.

A premature infant born in a hospital held by her mother in rural Kenya.

a mother holds her newborn in the maternal ward of a clinic in rural Kenya.

Village children in Kenya. Kenya has one of the highest birth rates in the world.

A mother with her daughters in their home in a village in Kenya, which has one of the highest birth rates in the world.

A child in her home in a village in rural Kenya, which has one of the highest birth rates in the world.

A mother and her two young children in a village in Kenya.

A mother and her three children in their home in a village in Kenya.

Vendors in the market in Kisumu, Kenya.

A mother and her newborn in a hospital in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.

A medical researcher in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenay work with medical residents from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenay.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents from University of Washington in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents from University of Washington.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents from University of Washington.

Medical students from Kenya working with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington.

Medical students in clinc in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya working with medical residents and doctors in Naivasha, Kenay.

Female doctor working on child patient in Kenya clinic.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and University of Washington doctors in Kenya clinic.

Medical students from Kenya looking over charts with doctors and medical residents.

Medical professional speaking with elderly patient in hospital bed in Kenyan Hospital.

A medical professional speaking with a patient in a hospital bed in Kenya.

An examination of a young patient in a hospital bed overseen by two medical professionals.

Patient examination while in hospital bed in a Kenyan clinic.

Medical students talking while in a health clinic.

Foot and lower-leg examination in Kenyan health clinic.

A medical school resident examine a newborn infant in the maternal ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Mothers breastfeeding their newborns in the maternal ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

A doctor from the University of Washington and medical students from Kenya visit patients in the tuberculosis ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

A doctor from the University of Washington and medical students from Kenya visit patients in the tuberculosis ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Newborns in the maternal ward in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

An infant is examined by doctors from Kenya and the University of Washington in the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Maternal ward examination with mother comforting infant.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington.

University of Washington Dr.Joshua Lacsina and his wife Dr. Odessa Lacsina work at the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Residents of a slum wait to see a doctor in the clinic in Naivasah, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington examine patients in a clinic in a slum in Naivasha, Kenya.

Medical students from Kenya work with medical residents and doctors from University of Washington examine patients in a clinic in a slum in Naivasha, Kenya.

Residents of a slum wait to see a doctor in the clinic in Naivasah, Kenya.

Residents of a slum wait to see a doctor in the clinic in Naivasah, Kenya.

A newborn is weighed during a check up in a clinic in a slum in Naivasha, Kenya.

Newborn infants in maternal health ward in the exam room in a clinic in a slum in Naivasha, Kenya.

Residents of a slum wait to see a doctor in the clinic in Naivasah, Kenya.

Residents of a slum wait to see a doctor in the clinic in Naivasah, Kenya.

Slum residents wait to see a doctor in the clinic.

Dr. Joshua Lacsina with the University of Washington, in Naivasha, Kenya.

Men riding bikes passing a flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya.

Dr. Odessa Lacsina, at left, is a researcher in infectious disease, works at the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Dr. Odessa Lacsina, at left, is a researcher in infectious disease, works at the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Dr. Odessa Lacsina researching infectious disease, works at the government hospital in Naivasha, Kenya.

Dr. Joshua Lacsina is the with the University of Washington, in Naivasha, Kenya.

Mothers and their children wait for their check ups in a clinic in rural Kenya.

A newborn in a rural clinic in Kenya.

A mother and her newborn daughter in a rural clinic in Kenya.

Schoolchildren on their way home in rural Kenya.

A premature infant born in a hospital in rural Kenya.

A premature infant born in a hospital held by her mother in rural Kenya.

A son helps his father walk to a rural health clinic in Kenya.

A mother holding her infant daughter in their home in a village in rural Kenya.

A mother with her newborn in a hospital in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Kenya has the fifth highest birth rate in the world.

A mother and her newborn in a hospital in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya.

A father and his newborn daughter in the neonatal unit in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

A father and his newborn daughter in the neonatal unit in a hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dr. John Kinuthia, a medical researcher with the University of Washington based in Nairobi, Kenya, works with his staff.