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What does a Trump presidency mean for maternal and infant health in Africa?

Anne Baber Wallis(1),


(1) Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health & Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Corresponding Author

Abstract


The moon swells again. This feels like the early days of parenthood. We swap watch. Focus on raising the child. We’ve seen times like this before, we say. Also, these times are like nothing we have ever seen. Camille Dungy 1 , from "Ceremony" in Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden (Simon & Schuster: 2024) used with permission. It is sometimes said that when America sneezes, the world catches a cold. The opposite scenario may also apply: a healthy and progressive American economy and democracy provides needed resources and hope to many parts of the world, including Africa.

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