1 SITE VISIT : Early Childhood Care and Education in Kenya
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Due to the pastoral mode of life of the communities and the vastness and the rugged nature of the terrain, it is very difficult to provide medical services to the communities living in this region. This means that the sick do not always have access to medical care. It is also not easy to give maternal-child health services to mothers and young children. Lack of adequate health services has adversely affected the health of communities in this region.
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