- A heartbreaking local story: a young mother in rural Nepal, Kabita, lost her baby and then her own life after U.S.-funded maternal health and nutrition visits in her village stopped.
- Bigger picture: cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid have gutted prenatal, nutrition and birthing services — experts warn child deaths may rise in 2025, reversing decades of progress.
- Preventable tragedy: many lives could have been saved by low-cost measures — fortified food packets, clean birth kits and community health volunteers — programs that were canceled.
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