The Independent
UK · 1 hrs ago
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Aid cuts are making tablets needed to help fight stillbirths and mothers dying harder to buy
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UN data shows funding for folic acid supplies in developing countries is declining, partly due to aid cuts, which health workers warn may increase risks of maternal anaemia, haemorrhage, and stillbirth.
Aid cuts are making tablets needed to help fight stillbirths and mothers dying harder to buy
Exclusive: Data from the UN shows that the money spent on supplies of folic acid, which can help reduce the risk of anaemia and then possible haemorrhage or stillbirth, are falling – at least in part thanks to aid cuts. Rachel Hagan speaks to health workers and experts who say this backs up what they are seeing on the ground
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