In March 2018, I visited Narok County in south-west Kenya. I was there as part of a WHO team to monitor and validate that maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) had been eliminated. As part of this work, I visited a home in a remote village. The house was perched on top of a hill and when we made it to the top, I met a mother who had delivered her third child at home because she was alone and unable to get to a health facility. To cut the umbilical cord, she used what was available – a razor her … Continue reading Eliminating a silent killer — maternal and neonatal tetanus