Dr. Einstein Kibet, Head of Healthcare Quality at Mwai Kibaki Referral Hospital in Nyeri, is making significant strides in pediatric care, driven by a childhood dream to help children and a profound experience with severe birth asphyxia. He advocates for comprehensive prevention strategies to reduce newborn mortality and disability.

• Dr. Kibet's advocacy focuses on preventing severe birth asphyxia, a condition causing oxygen deprivation to babies during delivery, which accounts for almost 30% of newborn deaths.
• He emphasizes the critical need for mothers to labor in hospitals, continuous fetal monitoring by healthcare professionals, and sufficient staffing in delivery rooms to attend to both mother and baby simultaneously.
• Dr. Kibet, a pediatrician since 2021, actively mentors healthcare workers and is involved in initiatives like the upcoming Run For Her Post-Partum Hemorrhage (PPH) run on September 28, promoting collective responsibility for maternal and child health.