Written question asked by Naz Shah (Labour) on Thursday, 24 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2022. It was answered by Andrew Mitchell (Conservative) on Friday, 2 December 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Tigray: Maternal Mortality and Neonatal Mortality

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce levels of (a) maternal mortality and (b) neonatal mortality in Tigray, Ethiopia.

Answer: In the last eighteen months the UK has provided nearly £90 million of life-saving aid to communities across Ethiopia affected by crises. This included the delivery of medical equipment to improve basic obstetric and neonatal care for 10 hospitals in Tigray, and providing capacity building on emergency obstetric and neonatal care for 120 health systems managers and frontline health workers in Tigray. We have also prioritised nutrition support for pregnant and lactating women and children under five in Tigray, given the strong link between undernutrition and maternal and child mortality.

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