AILING SYSTEM: The world is cutting health budgets. Women and children will pay the price
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AILING SYSTEM The world is cutting health budgets. Women and children will pay the price As less money is spent on healthcare, women and children bear the burden at a time when choices need to be made, and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health protected and fought for at every budget cycle. Nearly five million children never reach their fifth birthday.
- ▪AILING SYSTEM The world is cutting health budgets.
- ▪Women and children will pay the price As less money is spent on healthcare, women and children bear the burden at a time when choices need to be made, and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health protected and fought for at every budget
- ▪Nearly five million children never reach their fifth birthday.
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AILING SYSTEM The world is cutting health budgets. Women and children will pay the price As less money is spent on healthcare, women and children bear the burden at a time when choices need to be made, and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health protected and fought for at every budget cycle. By Rajat Khosla, Kalipso Chalkidou and Patrick Ndzana Olomo 26 Jul 2026 Financing for maternal and child health is one of the highest-return investments any government can make. (Photo: Nic Bothma / EPA-EFE) Dive Deeper Speed Read Summary Listen Dive Deeper Every year, approximately 260,000 women die during or following pregnancy and childbirth. Nearly five million children never reach their fifth birthday. Millions of adolescents lack access to health services that could transform their lives.
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