USAID Cuts Strand Rural Women Seeking Maternal Healthcare in Malawi

USAID cuts strand rural women seeking maternal healthcare in Malawi

As remote health posts are disrupted or closed, communities and medics say women are not getting the care they need.

‘Possible Rise In Maternal Deaths’: How USAID Cuts Strand Malawi’s Mothers

Mulanje and Lilongwe, Malawi — Ireen Makata sits in her white nursing uniform on a weathered bench at a health post in Malawi’s southern Mulanje district. The facility is one of 13 in the district, located within a seminomadic, predominantly agricultural community 65km (40 miles) east of Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital, near the Mulanje mountain range. The beige-painted facility stands out from the dozens of huts around it made of red bric…

‘Possible rise in maternal deaths’: How USAID cuts strand Malawi’s mothers

Mulanje and Lilongwe, Malawi — Ireen Makata sits in her white nursing uniform on a weathered bench at a health post in Malawi’s southern Mulanje district. The facility is one of 13 in the district, located within a seminomadic, predominantly agricultural community 65km (40 miles) east of Blantyre,…