Rachel Schraer
@rachelschraer.bsky.social
Global Health Correspondent for The Independent 🌎
Before: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News + World Service ✍️ 📻 📺
Get in touch: rachel [dot] schraer [at] independent.co.uk or on Signal @rachelschraer.01
Before: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, BBC News + World Service ✍️ 📻 📺
Get in touch: rachel [dot] schraer [at] independent.co.uk or on Signal @rachelschraer.01
And those who faced the most devastating consequences, including deaths www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
When Trump’s aid cuts robbed them of HIV drugs, these people died
Special Report: Three people have died at just one community centre on the outskirts of Senegal’s capital, Dakar, following US aid cuts to HIV care. Rachel Schraer meets the women fighting to stop mor...
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And those who faced the most devastating consequences, including deaths www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
In Senegal, I met the people who face the consequences of these global aid cuts, eroding the country's ability to prevent the spread of HIV www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
African HIV services face double blow of cuts from both Trump and UK
Britain has significantly slashed its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – compounding aid cuts announced by Donald Trump earlier this year
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In Senegal, I met the people who face the consequences of these global aid cuts, eroding the country's ability to prevent the spread of HIV www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The 15% drop is projected to cost more than 250,000 lives
November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The 15% drop is projected to cost more than 250,000 lives
would be keen to chat to you about this for an article in The Independent - rachel.schraer@independent.co.uk . thank you!
September 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
would be keen to chat to you about this for an article in The Independent - rachel.schraer@independent.co.uk . thank you!
Reposted by Rachel Schraer
WATCH: Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care
Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care
In the opening moments of his presidency, Donald Trump made dramatic and sweeping cuts to US international aid. His main target: family planning programs worldwide. The president even wrongly accused ...
www.independent.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
WATCH: Mission Aborted: Trump’s War on Maternal Care
In Tanzania, shortages of contraceptives are limiting women's choices and driving them to less effective methods, according to @msichoices.org and risking a spike in unintended pregnancies - and deaths
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Tanzania, shortages of contraceptives are limiting women's choices and driving them to less effective methods, according to @msichoices.org and risking a spike in unintended pregnancies - and deaths
In Kenya, for eg, some of the most popular types of contraception (implants and injections) have completely run out in health facilities. These were favoured for their discreet nature - women are, "not always in a position to negotiate for safe sex,” Lawreen Sakini at @rhnkorg.bsky.social tells me
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In Kenya, for eg, some of the most popular types of contraception (implants and injections) have completely run out in health facilities. These were favoured for their discreet nature - women are, "not always in a position to negotiate for safe sex,” Lawreen Sakini at @rhnkorg.bsky.social tells me
It gets lost in the far right attacks on the hotels that no one involved in refugee support and solidarity thinks the hotels are a good idea - all major charities who argue for more safe routes also argue for an end to housing asylum-seekers in hotels
August 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It gets lost in the far right attacks on the hotels that no one involved in refugee support and solidarity thinks the hotels are a good idea - all major charities who argue for more safe routes also argue for an end to housing asylum-seekers in hotels
(+ it's obviously so circumstantial but there's plenty of evidence deplatforming people who spread disinformation reduces their influence. Milo Yiannopoulos is often given as the classic example. Tommy Robinson was one but has obviously massively bounced back, partly bc of Telegram)
August 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
(+ it's obviously so circumstantial but there's plenty of evidence deplatforming people who spread disinformation reduces their influence. Milo Yiannopoulos is often given as the classic example. Tommy Robinson was one but has obviously massively bounced back, partly bc of Telegram)
they do! Bizarrely it's often the first-line anti-malarial offered to pregnant people
August 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
they do! Bizarrely it's often the first-line anti-malarial offered to pregnant people