South Africa: Maternal Mortality

(asked on 19th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the maternal mortality rate in South Africa.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 5th September 2022

The UK does not provide direct support to help reduce maternal mortality in South Africa. The UK has, however, provided £7.5 million since 2020 to support health system strengthening including through knowledge exchange between health experts in both countries. This is helping South Africa to put in place the building blocks to achieve its goal of universal access to good quality healthcare and to reduce morbidity and mortality rates.

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