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Preventing deaths from childbirth

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Post partum hemorrhage is the bleeding that occurs after childbirth and affects millions of women globally. About 100,000 women bleed to death after childbirth each year across the world. In Kenya, of every 100,000 live births, about 362 women die giving birth or just after giving birth. About a million babies are born each year so we can estimate that about 3,620 women are dying each year in Kenya due to complications at childbirth. Other studies have shown that a third of all maternal deaths in Africa are a result of post-partum hemorrhage. Therefore we can put a guess estimate of 1,086 women dying each year in Kenya as a result of bleeding during childbirth – about 3 women a day. Consider that in Kenya, a third of the women still give birth at home – so by the time a mother is rushed to the hospital if bleeding starts -it can be too late – resulting in these high mortalities. Post partum hemorrhage when it happens is acute, a mother loses 1.5 liters of blood a minute from the uterin
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HOW TO PREPARE GINGER AND GARLIC PASTE

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Making all kinds of pastes and pestos for super tasty meals in minutes really couldn’t be easier, and this garlic and ginger paste is just that. Easy, quick, and packs a punch of flavor to any dish. Garlic is one of the most powerful antibiotics and antibacterial herbs on the planet. It is a powerful immune booster and a very important food for the allergy season. Ginger: This herb has natural antihistamine properties, which makes it the perfect remedy for allergy seasons. For this paste, you will need Ingredients ↬A hand (Immersion) blender ↬1 Bud Garlic ↬Ginger (About 6 inches worth) ↬2 Tbsp. Drinking Water Method Simply clean and peel both the ginger and garlic. Roughly chop the ginger and garlic then add it to a jug or deep container with some water. Blitz for about 3 mins or until a fine paste is formed. Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks or freeze portions in ice-cube trays and keep it for up to 2 months.
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Acupressure to Relieve Depression, Anxiety, Fatigue & Stress

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Acupressure can provide relief instantly for anxiety or stress when one is at home or in office or stuck in heavy traffic. We will discuss about certain points that one can massage to reduce their stress, tension and anxiety. If one massages these points, they would get faster relief.  One need not massage all the points. Simply pressing one or two important points when they are free can be very effective. Here are certain acupuncture points that one can use and ideas to identify such points in their body. They need not use all the points every time they have symptoms. However, they can experiment with these points and determine which ever work better for them. PC 6 You have to measure three fingers beginning from your wrist. The point where the third finger touches the midpoint of your wrist is the acupuncture point. 1.     Using the thumb, apply steady pressure to this point until there is a mild discomfort. Pressure should be applied just enough to disturb the normal flow of bloo
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