Published: May 6, 2022 12.52pm BST, The Converstion

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1. Boniface UshieResearch Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
2. Kenneth JumaAfrican Population and Health Research Center

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Boniface Ushie works for the APHRC, which receives funding from Sida.

Kenneth Juma works at the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC), which receives funding from Sida.

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Policies and decisions made in the United States echo around the world and often have widespread implications. Take sexual and reproductive health, for example. Decisions made in the US have caused, and could cause, severe damage to progress in access to these services in developing countries.

The first US policy with implications for healthcare in other countries is the global gag rule, first enacted by Ronald Reagan in 1984. Under this policy, non-US organisations that receive US government funding cannot provide, refer for, or promote abortion as a method of family planning. Successive US presidents have decided whether to enact or revoke the policy. President Joe Biden set it aside when he took office in 2021.

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