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UK s 85 per cent aid cuts for family planning will have devastating consequences, warns UN
The UK s move to slash funding for UNFPA has been branded shameful , amid growing outrage at the lack of government transparency over cuts
29 April 2021 • 10:17am
A woman at a family planning clinic in northern Ghana
Credit: Simon Townsley
The UK is set to slash funding for the United Nations’ family planning agency by 85 per cent, reneging on previous commitments in a move that will have “devastating” ramifications for the world’s poorest women.
The UNFPA – which seeks to improve access to reproductive and sexual health services across the globe – has revealed that the UK has cut contributions to a flagship family planning programme from £155 million to just £23 million.