U.S. aid cuts slash maternal and child health services
The Associated Press reports that U.S. funding cuts and the dissolution of USAID led to canceled maternal, neonatal and nutrition programs in Nepal and elsewhere, leaving birthing centers without supplies, staff and outreach workers. CARE lost more than half its U.S. funding and a five-year, $35 million program that reached over 100,000 women in three years was canceled. WHO said 60% of women’s organizations reduced services, and a Lancet study warned of millions of excess deaths by 2030; local health workers report halved prenatal checks, rising malnutrition and renewed newborn deaths.
U.S. aid cuts have reduced maternal and child health services.
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The U.S. government dissolved USAID and cut foreign health funding. Other countries reduced aid after those changes. If funding stays low, child and maternal deaths could rise and services may remain reduced.
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