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Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care
In the opening moments of his presidency, Donald Trump made dramatic and sweeping cuts to US international aid. His main target: family planning programs worldwide. The president even wrongly accused USAID of sending $50m-worth of condoms to Hamas militants in Gaza. Now, countries are running out of key contraceptives, clinics are being forced to abandon their patients, and tens-of-thousands of women and girls could die. The Independent’s Bel Trew travelled to Uganda and Zimbabwe, where the deadly impact of this cuts is already playing out. This article is part of The Independent’s Rethinking Global Aid project
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theguardian.com
Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report
Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted
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independent.co.uk
Trump aid cuts ‘help fuel rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Africa’
A report by Physicians for Human Rights has found dramatically increased levels of abuse and denial of health services in the wake of US foreign assistance being slashed
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Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care
In the opening moments of his presidency, Donald Trump made dramatic and sweeping cuts to US international aid. His main target: family planning programs worldwide. The president…
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Exclusive: Trump’s aid cuts leave 16 countries running out of key contraception
Exclusive: At least three countries are already out of some contraceptive methods – with more set to follow suit – leaving women vulnerable to high risk pregnancies and unsafe…
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‘We will lose so many girls’: The deadly impact of Trump’s war on contraception
The US President has slashed nearly $600 million in funding for contraceptives – and the impact could be deadly for tens of thousands of women, reports chief international…