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Long before the coming of contraceptive pills, injections, and intrauterine devices, African communities were not strangers to family planning.
In Bungoma County, traditional practices such as the placenta ritual played a crucial role in birth control long before the emergence of modern contraceptives.
That historical knowledge is yet to fade away, even as scientific methods dominate reproductive health care.
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