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Interpreters at work at the London Summit on Family Planning
London, 11th July 2012.
British aid will save the life of a woman or girl in the developing world every two hours for the next eight years, Prime Minister David Cameron said today at the London Summit on Family Planning.
The British Government and co-host the The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought together representatives from governments, the private sector, donors and civil society groups who pledged to halve the number of girls and women in developing countries who want - but lack access to - modern contraception.
Britain’s support, which comes from the existing aid budget, will provide an additional 24 million girls and women with family planning services between now and 2020. This will prevent the deaths of around 42,000 girls and women for whom an unintended pregnancy carries the risk of fatal consequences.
Developing countries at the summit made commitments to strengthen and promote women’s rights to family planning and increase access to information, services and supplies.
For the full story please, visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/family-planning-sum...
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Interpreters at work at the London Summit on Family Planning
London, 11th July 2012.
British aid will save the life of a woman or girl in the developing world every two hours for the next eight years, Prime Minister David Cameron said today at the London Summit on Family Planning.
The British Government and co-host the The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation brought together representatives from governments, the private sector, donors and civil society groups who pledged to halve the number of girls and women in developing countries who want - but lack access to - modern contraception.
Britain’s support, which comes from the existing aid budget, will provide an additional 24 million girls and women with family planning services between now and 2020. This will prevent the deaths of around 42,000 girls and women for whom an unintended pregnancy carries the risk of fatal consequences.
Developing countries at the summit made commitments to strengthen and promote women’s rights to family planning and increase access to information, services and supplies.
For the full story please, visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2012/family-planning-sum...
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
Terms of use
This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Russell Watkins/Department for International Development'.