Healthcare at a U-turn shift globally.
✩ Children dying are on the rise in this century according to the Gates Foundation report.
✩ Progression of foreign aid, vaccines, medicine, nutrition and healthcare have resulted in the decline of child death rates since the 1990s.
✩ The anti vax movement has gained a traction under the influence of the Trump administration and RFK Jr. The rapid rise of measles is largely attributed to the spread of the lies that vaccines can do more harm than good. As USAID shutdown at the beginning of the year began, experts forecasted that it would kill ‘the world’s poorest children.’
✩ If 20% of the global funding cuts continue, an estimated 12 million more children could die by 2045.
✩ Droughts and floods leave children hungry and malnourished.
✩ Justifiable abortion bans can lead to higher infant mortality rates.
✩ The healthcare systems have been burned out, leaving patients to have no health coverage through MEDICAID and ACA funding. Investments of less than $100 per primary person could prevent up to 90% of infant mortality.
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