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Low blood levels pose risk to expectant mothers, babies

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Mariam Barisa at the Kilifi Referral Hospital where she got transfused after losing her child due to lack of blood in Tana River County Hospital. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

Rehema Kavuna arrives at the Rabai Sub County Hospital feeling dizzy and struggling to breathe.

After examination and tests, doctors discover she has acute anaemia.

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