Why $500 Million In U.S. Aid Cuts Threatens Global Black Motherhood
The post Why $500 Million In U.S. Aid Cuts Threatens Global Black Motherhood appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bill Gates gives to a child a rotavirus vaccine in Ghana. AFP via Getty Images Few issues in global health make the stakes clearer than childbirth and Black maternal health. When a U.S. rescission package cuts $500 million earmarked for USAID family planning and reproductive health programs, the results can be far reaching. It lands in packed maternity wards from Lagos to Gaborone, in supply rooms where oxytocin vials are already in short supply, and on the balance sheets of multinationals that depend on a stable, healthy workforce. How Reproductive Health Funding Cuts Create Medical Care Chaos According to Mihir Mankad, director of global health advocacy and policy at MSF USA, the rescission has particularly devastated the medical community abroad. “Humanitarian and medical groups have been left scrambling to carry out lifesaving services without money, staff, or certainty about what comes next,” Mankad said. “Doctors don’t know what to tell their patients when they ask where they’ll be able to continue their HIV or tuberculosis care.” The proposed rescission would claw back half a billion dollars entirely from family-planning and reproductive health accounts. No exemption shields safe delivery kits, contraceptives or the mentorship programs that empower local nurse midwives to become clinical leaders. According to Mankad, the cuts have created devastating consequences for the world’s most vulnerable populations. “The revocation of nearly $500 million for family planning and reproductive health services is particularly devastating, given that the US government previously provided more than 40 percent of global support in this area,” Mankad said. “This decision crystallizes the significant service gaps that have emerged in the wake of the U.S.’ abrupt withdrawal of funding for these critical programs in January.” Nurses give aid to a pregnant woman before delivering a baby at the maternity ward of the central … More hospital in…
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Bill Gates gives to a child a rotavirus vaccine in Ghana. AFP via Getty Images Few issues in global health make the stakes clearer than childbirth and Black maternal health. When a U.S. rescission package cuts $500 million earmarked for USAID family planning and reproductive health programs, the results can be far reaching. It lands in packed maternity wards from Lagos to Gaborone, in supply rooms where oxytocin vials are already in short supply, and on the balance sheets of multinationals that depend on a stable, healthy workforce. How Reproductive Health Funding Cuts Create Medical Care Chaos According to Mihir Mankad, director of global health advocacy and policy at MSF USA, the rescission has particularly devastated the medical community abroad. “Humanitarian and medical groups have been left scrambling to carry out lifesaving services without money, staff, or certainty about what comes next,” Mankad said. “Doctors don’t know what to tell their patients when they ask where they’ll be able to continue their HIV or tuberculosis care.” The proposed rescission would claw back half a billion dollars entirely from family-planning and reproductive health accounts. No exemption shields safe delivery kits, contraceptives or the mentorship programs that empower local nurse midwives to become clinical leaders. According to Mankad, the cuts have created devastating consequences for the world’s most vulnerable populations. “The revocation of nearly $500 million for family planning and reproductive health services is particularly devastating, given that the US government previously provided more than 40 percent of global support in this area,” Mankad said. “This decision crystallizes the significant service gaps that have emerged in the wake of the U.S.’ abrupt withdrawal of funding for these critical programs in January.” Nurses give aid to a pregnant woman before delivering a baby at the maternity ward of the central … More hospital in…
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