At the July 11 London Summit on Family Planning, leaders from governments, international agencies, foundations, the private sector, and civil society pledged in excess of four billion dollars over the next eight years to scale up family planning efforts aiming to reach an additional 120 million women and girls in the world’s poorest countries. The summit, cohosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK Government’s Department for International Development, brought together family planning advocates and stakeholders to support women’s and girls’ right to control their own fertility. The money pledged will be invested in the procurement of contraceptive supplies in addition to providing support to remove policy, financing, and service delivery barriers to family planning services. Read more »
