PROTECT VITAL HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN AND MOTHERS
As the UK Aid budget is cut by 30%, sign our open letter asking Dominic Raab to protect healthcare funding for babies, children and new mums around the world.
The chancellor has announced that the UK Government is cutting the UK Aid budget by 30%, reducing our country's aid budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of Gross National Income.
Millions of children globally rely on UK Aid to survive and have never needed aid more, with 6,000 more children at risk of dying each day as essential health care services and vaccination programmes are disrupted by Coronavirus.
In no country is this clearer than Yemen, where an already dire situation for children is worsened by a health system on the brink of collapse.
Right now, the Foreign and Development Secretary, Dominic Raab is making decisions about how the UK Aid budget will be cut. We're calling on him to protect vital healthcare funding for the world's most vulnerable babies, children and new mums.
Sign our open letter – it could save a child's life
DEAR DOMINIC RAAB,
As you make decisions about the UK Aid budget, we urge you to uphold your Government’s commitment to the world’s children by protecting critical child and maternal health funding.
Millions of children globally rely on UK Aid to survive and have never needed aid more, with 6,000 more children at risk of dying each day as essential health care services and vaccination programmes are disrupted by Coronavirus. As the UK’s aid budget is reduced, you must ensure no child is left behind.
In no country is this clearer than Yemen, where an already dire situation for children is worsened by a health system on the brink of collapse. Ever greater numbers of new mums and babies are without the vital medical care they need, and millions of children are at risk of severe malnutrition.
We are in danger of losing a decade of progress on ending preventable child deaths around the world, but the FCDO, under your leadership, can still help to fight this grave crisis for children. We need the UK Government to continue their proud record of helping children to survive, thrive and fulfil their potential.
Dominic Raab, please safeguard vital child and maternal health funding for the world’s most vulnerable babies, children and their mothers.