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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kaamil Ahmed

‘Horrifying numbers’ of women and girls will die because of UK aid cuts, say MPs

A mobile clinic run by MSI Reproductive Choices in Uganda
A mobile clinic run by MSI Reproductive Choices in Uganda. The organisation has seen a 79% cut in Foreign Office funding over the past four years. Photograph: Jennifer Huxta/The Guardian

British aid cuts have had a “devastating” effect on women and girls around the world, forcing sexual and reproductive health programmes to be cancelled, according to a new cross-party report by MPs.

The Commons international development select committee (IDC) said plummeting aid spending since 2020 had cost lives and endangered many more pregnant women, while abruptly cutting funding, often in mid-programme, had damaged relationships with partner organisations.

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