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..
The uterus is a inverted pear shaped muscular organ located in the middle of the female pelvis, between the bladder and the rectum. It is suspended by ligaments in the abdominal cavity. It is basically made up of three parts: the cervix, which is the lowest portion attached to the vaginal canal, and the main body of the uterus, the central part of the organ and the upper area known as the fundas or dome.