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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay, Global health correspondent, and Saleh A Binshamlan in al-Mahrah governorate, Yemen

Death by aid cuts: how a decision in the US led to the loss of a mother in Yemen

A composite image includes a map of Yemen, a mouth, a woman in a burqa with a chid, barbed wire, damaged buildings, someone carrying a UNHCR bucket and a man with a gun
Pregnant women in Yemen have died en route to emergency care after clinics closer to home were unable to treat them because of funding cuts. Composite: Guardian Design/AP/Reuters/EPA

When she woke on that Sunday morning, Fatima was part of a family preparing to celebrate – she was due to give birth to her third child any day and her brother was on his way home from Saudi Arabia to get married.

But by mid-afternoon, the family were instead preparing for a funeral – both Fatima and her baby were dead.

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