Child and Maternal Mortality: Coronavirus

(asked on 8th September 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on child and maternal mortality through the Government’s new action plan on Ending the Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Newborns and Children.


Answered by
Wendy Morton Portrait
Wendy Morton
This question was answered on 16th September 2021

The UK Government remains committed to supporting maternal and child health as part of our manifesto commitment to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by 2030, including in fragile and conflict settings. This has become more important during the Covid-19 pandemic when essential health services have been disrupted.

Global health is a top priority for the UK government and health system strengthening, including in fragile and conflict settings, is central to efforts to enhance global health security, support countries to achieve universal health coverage or indeed ending the preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children. We are working globally with agencies such as the WHO, GAVI the Vaccine Alliance, and the Global Financing Facility to support governments to strengthen health systems, provide technical assistance, improve quality of care and immunise children.

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