In rural areas, services are provided by health centres and dispensing clinics, though these often lack facilities and trained staff. With many health professionals leaving Kenya to find posts abroad, there is a severe shortage of medical workers across the country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Kenya has just one doctor and only 12 nurses/midwives for every 10,000 people.
The lower part is called the lower uterine segment or the isthmus. Then comes the cervix, which is actually a canal. The opening from the cervix into the uterus is called the internal os and the opening into the vagina is the external os..
When the sperm fertilizes, or meets, the egg, this fertilized egg is called the zygote. The zygote goes through a process of becoming an embryo and developing into a fetus. The female reproductive system includes a group of organs in a woman's lower belly and pelvis. The uterus is where a fetus, or baby, grows. It is a hollow, pearâshaped organ with a muscular wall. There are two ovaries, one on either side of the uterus.