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Midwife Rahmi (Mimi) performs a prenatal ultrasound to check the health of Inawati’s baby at the Pala Island Village Health Post, Indonesia.

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Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

Countries must recommit to ending deaths in childbirth amid major headwinds

7 April 2025

Joint News Release

Geneva / New York

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