In 2011, Sabrina Premji walked in the door of an unmarked property in Mlolongo, an informal settlement just outside of Nairobi. She was conducting research for Aga Khan University on child and maternal health, but she wasn’t prepared for what she’d find inside this “baby care.” I was immediately struck by the smell of urine and feces,” Sabrina said. “It was suffocating.” The room was so dark that she could barely make out the floor when her foot suddenly hit something. It was a baby. Horrified that she nearly stepped on a child, she bent down to pick it up. “As my eyes adjusted to the darkness, I saw all around me 15, 20, maybe 25 babies — all awake, but silent.”
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