News for the ‘UK’ Category

UK Funding for RH/FP

May 15th, 2012

One of the core functions of the Countdown 2015 Europe partners is to collect financial data on their government’s official development assistance (ODA) to reproductive health and family planning. The database is not available to the public – please enter your username and password below to access it.

However, an overview of how the UK is funding Reproductive Health and Family Planning in developing countries is now available online!

For more overviews of European donor funding for RH/ FP, please click here.

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UK to host event on family planning in July 2012

March 14th, 2012

The UK is working with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other stakeholders to hold a high profile international event on family planning in July.

The event will be an opportunity for donors, governments, private sector and civil society to make commitments that tackle the long standing obstacles to progress in meeting the unmet need for family planning globally.

For more information see DFID’s press release:

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/Family-planning-UK-to-host-summit-with-Gates-Foundation/

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Britain launches new contraceptive drive

November 30th, 2011

Stephen O’ Brian, the Development Minister, recently annouced Britain’s pledge of £35 million for contraceptive supplies in poor countries at the International Conference on Family Planning in Dakkar. This new money will help UNFPA to prevent hold-ups in the supplies of hormonal contraceptives and condoms. It will also support a rapid response-style unit to procure and deliver supplies to countries facing stock-outs, whilst governments work to remedy the contraceptive flow through more long-term arrangements. This contraceptive drive is intended to prevent more than 2 million unintended pregnancies and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions.

DFID’s press release is available at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/contraception-drive-will-save-womens-lives/

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UK puts the right to choose at the heart of population debate

October 31st, 2011

On the day the 7 billionth baby was predicted to be born, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell spoke of DFID’s position on population- putting rights at the heart of the agenda.

‘It is not for DFID – or anyone – to say how many children people should have – that has to be a free choice,’ Mitchell began, before going on to explain some of the benefits of funding voluntary family planning.

‘Giving girls and women in developing countries the choice to decide whether, when and how many children they have is saving lives. It means fewer women die in childbirth and the poorest families can make what little they have go further. Family planning is a smart and extremely cost effective investment of aid.’

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/Seven-billion-people-in-the-world/

http://www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Speeches-and-articles/2011/Stephen-OBrien-In-a-world-of-seven-billion-people/