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UK Government Strengthens Commitment to Improving Health in the World's Poorest Countries
July 15, 2008
At an event at the House of Lords to mark World Population Day, International Development Minister, Gillian Merron, tonight announced additional funding of £5 million over the next 5 years to the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to improve sexual and reproductive health in the world's poorest countries. The announcement increases the Department for International Development's (DFID) total support to IPPF to £8.5 million annually for the next five years.
Sexual and reproductive ill-health accounts for 30 per cent of the worldwide burden of illness and premature death for women; pregnancy related health complications are the single biggest killer of girls aged 15 - 19 years in developing countries. The increase in funding from DFID recognises the importance of improving sexual and reproductive health and the role of Civil Society, particularly community based organizations, in delivering health care to the poorest, most marginalized and hard to reach individuals and communities.
IPPF's work focuses on improving access to family planning and contraceptive services, improving maternal and child health, addressing HIV and AIDS, and tackling unsafe abortion, a major killer of women and girls in developing countries. This work is critical to improving the health and lives of millions of the poorest women, men and young people in 177 countries worldwide.
© 2008 MediLexicon International Ltd
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category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 16 July 2008
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