Cutting aid overseas will have devastating consequences here at home

Cutting aid overseas will have devastating consequences here at home

Cutting foreign health funding to "put America first" may actually put Americans at greater risk.

The deadly truth as family planning slashed in Trump’s global aid cuts

With the wiping out of global aid to maternal health, it feels necessary to point out that fewer unplanned births means fewer mothers dying, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew from Uganda

The United Nations has warned against a resurgence of maternal mortality in the face of global cuts in development aid.

UN sounds alarm over funding cuts impacting maternal health

Women today are more likely than ever to survive pregnancy and childbirth according to a major new report released today, but United Nations (UN) agencies highlight the threat of major backsliding as unprecedented aid cuts take effect around the world.

Africa: Aid Cuts Threaten to Roll Back Progress in Ending Maternal Mortality

Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies warned in a new report that calls for greater investment in midwives and other health workers.

Mother mortality has fallen by 40 percent worldwide, but this could change again due to the cuts in humanitarian aid, the WHO warns. Especially poorer countries are affected by it. Unsafe abortions are also a high risk.