{"id":16678,"date":"2025-03-27T08:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T06:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/special-project\/sa-hosts-g20-health-meeting-as-global-leaders-warn-of-maternal-mortality-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:47:21","slug":"sa-hosts-g20-health-meeting-as-global-leaders-warn-of-maternal-mortality-crisis","status":"publish","type":"special-project","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/special-project\/sa-hosts-g20-health-meeting-as-global-leaders-warn-of-maternal-mortality-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"SA hosts G20 health meeting as global leaders warn of maternal mortality crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3833c0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3833c0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">The Global Leaders Network (GLN) has warned that 80% of countries are unlikely to meet their maternal mortality targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 3.1).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3016c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"3016c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>This comes as the second G20 Health Working Group meeting takes place in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Neonatal and under-five child mortality targets are also at risk, with funding shortfalls affecting key health services. The GLN is calling for increased investment in women\u2019s, children\u2019s, and adolescent health to ensure universal health coverage and access to reproductive healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia\u2019s Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Catherine Cooper, highlighted how reduced international funding has impacted healthcare systems, including family planning services and maternal health programmes. Liberia, like many nations, faces challenges such as teenage pregnancies, cultural misconceptions about contraception, and limited healthcare access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith cuts in international funding, we are focusing on strengthening community health services and improving healthcare access through legislation for health insurance,\u201d said Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>As global leaders discuss health priorities, the urgent need for sustained investment in maternal and child health remains critical to reversing negative trends and ensuring better outcomes worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14804,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"featured-post":[],"class_list":["post-16678","special-project","type-special-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The GLN is calling for increased investment in women\u2019s, children\u2019s, and adolescent health.","count_down_image":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special-project\/16678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special-project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/special-project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"featured-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured-post?post=16678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}