
Global aid cuts pose 'threat of major backsliding' with maternal deaths
The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
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The loss of funding could unravel major progress since 2000 in reducing women's deaths during pregnancy and childbirth.
Health officials say millions of lives are at risk as the U.S. withdraws funding from treatment and prevention programs.
Scoop: UNHCR's directors scrambled to tighten its budget because of the Trump administration's 90-day aid stoppage.
The United Nations and agencies rushed to provide humanitarian aid as Israel and Hamas began a four-day truce.
More than 4.5 million pregnant women and babies die each year during pregnancy, childbirth or the first few weeks of life.
Health care for women and children suffered major setbacks from multiple crises in recent years, requiring serious investment in public health resources.
About 30% of all women worldwide have been subjected to physical or sexual violence at least once during their lives, U.N. agencies found in a survey.
The U.N. asked governments and private donors to provide $2 billion to meet emergency health needs in the poorest countries coping with the pandemic.
A summit with the U.S. could expand North Korea's little-known involvement with international organizations.