‘Funding cuts threaten decades of leaps in ensuring child survival’

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations has warned that decades of progress in child survival are now at risk as major donors have announced or indicated significant funding cuts.

According to two recent reports, released by the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), reduced global funding for life-saving child survival programmes is causing healthcare worker shortages, clinic closures, vaccination programme disruptions and the lack of essential supplies such as malaria treatments.