Erik De Castro/Reuters April 19, 2017 As the US stops funding reproductive health services, China should step in Tamara Nair, Nanyang Technological University The US is the largest donor to the United Nations Population Fund, which mandates access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health services and voluntary family planning.
Actress and U.N. Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador Ashley Judd visited a refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan in 2016. AP Photo/Raad Adayleh April 17, 2017 Will Trump’s global family planning cuts cause side effects? Rachel Sullivan Robinson, American University School of International Service Contraception saves lives, and U.S. spending on it abroad had an unintended upside when it formed the backbone of early HIV prevention efforts.
US President Donald Trump is threatening drastic cuts in foreign aid. EPA/Michael Reynolds April 10, 2017 How Trump’s proposed US aid cuts will affect healthcare in Africa Alex Ezeh, African Population and Health Research Center The proposed foreign aid cuts by US President Donald Trump will have a devastating impact on healthcare in Africa.