In Nepal, US ends effort to help women make life-or-death choices

Nurse-midwife Mina Tiwari prepares to examine Manisha Yadav at a clinic in Janaki Rural Municipality. Manisha has completed all eight recommended antenatal checkups, accompanied by her mother-in-law, Munki Yadav. Photo by: Sunita Neupane / Devex

Pregnant Anita Yadav died after waiting for permission to seek medical care. U.S. aid cuts had already dismantled a nationwide program designed to “break gender norms that undervalued women’s lives.”