United Kingdom and Canada Contribute to the Global Financing Facility for Every Woman Every Child

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112 JUNE 2017 | LONDON, UK — The Global Financing Facility for Every Woman Every Child has received a total equivalent of US$54 million in new funding available to countries. The contributions of £30 million from the United Kingdom Department for International Development and the government of Canada’s additional Can$20 million pledge to the GFF Trust Fund were announced at the FP2020 Summit. These contributions will help countries accelerate progress on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition, including the scaling up of family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights approaches.

2017 Family Planning Summit: Why it matters

11 JULY 2017 | LONDON, UK — Family planning matters. Providing women and girls access to contraception is transformational– it empowers people to shape their own lives, makes families healthier and helps lift entire countries out of poverty. But we must act now as 214 million women and girls who do not want to get pregnant have an unmet need for contraception. Which is why on 11 July, Family Planning champions from around the world will gather in London to talk about Family Planning 2020 Progress and empowering women and girls to plan their future.

Greater investments needed to meet women’s sexual and reproductive health needs in developing regions

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29 JUNE 2017 | WASHINGTON, DC — A new study published by the Guttmacher Institute finds that contraceptive services and maternal and newborn health services fall far short of needs in developing regions. Adding It Up: Investing in Contraception and Maternal and Newborn Health, 2017, finds that 214 million women in developing countries want to avoid pregnancy but—for a variety of reasons—are not using a modern method of contraception. In addition millions of women do not receive the basic pregnancy and delivery care they need.

United Kingdom and Canada Contribute to the Global Financing Facility for Every Woman Every Child
2017 Family Planning Summit: Why it matters
Greater investments needed to meet women’s sexual and reproductive health needs in developing regions
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