Progress in reducing maternal mortality threatened by foreign aid cuts

Crucial progress has been made to stop women and babies dying in childbirth - now that is being reversed

Success in bringing down maternal mortality is being thwarted by devastating cuts in foreign aid. On International Mothers’ Day, chief international correspondent Bel Trew reports from the Central African Republic, while Nick Ferris in London examines the data

By Bel Trew and Nick Ferris