Fatima Abacassamo has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of the withdrawal of international aid by the United States and other Western nations on vulnerable pregnant women and newborn babies in Niassa, a remote and poor province far north of Mozambique.
As head of Mozambique programming for EngenderHealth, which assists pregnant women facing complications in Niassa, Abacassamo is at pains to explain how maternal health care services have nearly ground to a halt in this province.
