Donor funding cuts in family planning hit poor nations

ABSTRACT

Despite the loss of support, contraceptive use in low- and middle-income countries prevented 135 million unintended pregnancies, 28 million unsafe abortions, and 140,000 deaths of women of reproductive age last year, according to the report. Jason Bremner, FP2030 “The focus for the next decade must be on building sustainability, with diversified funding streams and efficient use of resources,” says Jason Bremner, head of data and performance management at FP2030, a global partnership focused on family planning. See PDF] Adam Wexler, associate director for global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, says that the funding decline in 2020 is largely driven by the UK, partly as a result of cuts to official development assistance resulting from COVID-driven economic contractions.