Inside Kapelebyong’s struggle to reduce maternal dea

________________ In March of this year, Sarah Apio, a 32-year-old mother in Onganyakonye village, Kapelebyong sub-County in Kapelebyong district suffered a miscarriage while six months pregnant. "It started feeling unwell. I felt like I was suffering from flu or malaria at around 7:00pm, but I took it for granted. At around 10:00pm, it worsened and before I knew it, I was bleeding. I was scared. I had informed my husband that I needed to see a doctor, but he was reluctant. When he saw blood, however, he immediately grabbed his bicycle and rode took me to Kapelebyong Health Centre IV, which was the nearest to our home. The health centre is about 2km away from our home," she says. With blood flowing down her legs, Apio was admitted to Kapelebyong Health Centre IV, where midwives gave her first aid. The health centre is the biggest health facility in the district.