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Sexual & reproductive health rights are under pressure, but some low- and middle-income countries are pushing forward. Barbados, Guyana and Malawi offer examples of how policy action can protect women’s health and autonomy.

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Global health funding cuts are having devastating consequences for women and girls, with cuts to maternal and reproductive health and STI services linked to 17 million unintended pregnancies and more than 34,000 preventable maternal deaths.

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A lack of online safety for young people has become a global public health crisis, according to a joint declaration by France and the @WHO calling for urgent digital governance and safer platform design.

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