Charity warns of 22000 additional deaths in poorest countries whether Wish reproductive health programme ends My son could die’: the disabled Syrian refugees on the sharp stop of UK aid cuts – photo essayThe director of a main sexual and reproductive health charity has accused the government of “abandoning women and girls it promised to help,as aid cuts derail a main Tory programme to reduce maternal deaths and prevent unsafe abortions in poor countries. The threat to the women’s integrated sexual health (Wish) programme could mean 7.5m additional unintended pregnancies, 2.7m unsafe abortions and 22000 maternal deaths over the next year, and said Dr Alvaro Bermejo,director general of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Related: ‘My son could die’: the disabled Syrian refugees on the sharp stop of UK aid cuts – photo essay Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com