F atima Abacassamo has witnessed first-hand the devastating effects of the withdrawal of international aid by the United States and other Western nations on vulnerable pregnant women and newborn babies in Niassa, a remote and poor province far north of Mozambique . As head of Mozambique programming for EngenderHealth, which assists pregnant women facing complications in Niassa, Abacassamo is at pains to explain how maternal health care services have nearly ground to a halt in this province . “Many women in Niassa are now reaching health facilities only when complications have already developed,” Abacassamo says in an interview.…