Trump’s aid cuts deny one million women a week access to contraception

Trump’s aid cuts deny one million women a week access to contraception

The withdrawal of USAID funding enacted by Donald Trump is having an immediate impact in poor countries – with reproductive health, HIV and TB treatment all being halted. Alicja Hagopian reports

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