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UN sets up $90m fund for maternal health

Staff Writer

This comes after a disturbing recent national survey found that about 30 percent of girls in the country were married before they turned 18 last year — with many of these sad cases occurring in rural and impoverished areas.

By Nyasha Kunyiswa UNITED Nations (UN) agencies operating in Zimbabwe have allocated US$90 million to reducing maternal mortality and supporting other healthcare services in the country for the next three years. Speaking during the launch of the Health Resilience Fund and National Health Strategy to 2025, UN resident coordinator Edward Kallon said the launch would…

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