Hard-Won Progress on Maternal Mortality Is Unravelling Due to Aid Cuts

Hard-won progress on maternal mortality is unravelling due to aid cuts

Success in bringing down maternal mortality is being thwarted by devastating cuts in foreign aid. On International Mothers’ Day, chief international correspondent Bel Trew reports from the Central African Republic, while Nick Ferris in London examines the data

Hard-won efforts to stop women and babies dying in childbirth are unravelling

Hard-won success in efforts to stop women and babies dying in childbirth have faced a serious setback with recent cuts to foreign aid - with the trend now reversing in some countries, new figures show. Maternal mortality is particularly acute in parts of Africa, and is already playing out in the Central African Republic, which has the second highest rate of neonatal deaths globally, according to the UN. Busayna, 25, who fled massacres in Darfur …

Crucial progress has been made to stop women and babies dying in childbirth – now that is being reversed

On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Hard-won successes in efforts to stop women and babies dying in childbirth have faced a serious setback with recent cuts to foreign aid – and the trend is now reversing in some countries, new figures show. Significant progress in tackling preventable maternal mo…