PowerFM Interview: NGOs and researchers call on the greenlighting the MSG

February 11, 2025

A coalition of NGOs and researchers is calling on the government to greenlight a Maternal Support Grant (MSG) for poor pregnant women whose nutrition, and that of their unborn children, are at stake amid rising rates of child poverty and malnutrition. Listen below.

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