Kakuma refugee camp in the Turkana desert of northern Kenya is current home to more than 35,000 refugees. Primary health care services in the camp are provided through the International Rescue Committee. Prenatal and postnatal clinics, family planning services, and curative services for children and adults are provided by 4 family health clinics throughout the camp. The clinics also provide a base for community outreach services, including AIDS home care and community-based counseling, as well as for the activities of traditional birth attendants (TBAs) and community health workers. While there is a central delivery unit with prenatal, postnatal, and labor wards, more than half of the deliveries in the camp take place at home, attended by trained TBAs. Emergency obstetric referral services are provided through the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) hospital in the refugee camp and through a mission hospital in Kakuma. TBAs recruited from within the camp, Kenyan midwives, and doctors are the backbone of the excellent maternal health care provided in the camp.

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