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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Bel Trew

The deadly truth as family planning slashed in Trump’s global aid cuts

In the simmering heat of the afternoon, the women and girls – most of them mothers with babies strapped to their backs – wait anxiously at a pop-up family planning clinic in the depths of rural Uganda.

That’s because the contraceptives and maternal health support they are receiving here for free are potentially life-saving – and they’ve all heard about the US cutting off aid.

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