DFID UK Announces 90 Million British Pound for Family Planning in Ethiopia

The Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom announced yesterday 90 million British Pounds support for family planning in Ethiopia over the next four years.

According to Gov.UK, the program will work with Ministry of Health to give millions of women access to modern, voluntary family planning services across the country.

The program aims to provide 13 million women with direct access to family planning information, support 6 million current family planning users and attract three million more voluntary users, prevent 15 million unwanted pregnancies and 300,000 maternal child deaths, it added.

Furthermore, it will enable over 3,000 health facilities, mostly rural health centers, to provide quality family planning services.

It will also help to establish 100 Quality Assurance Hubs at referral and general hospitals and 10 family planning Centers of Excellence at teaching hospitals.

By providing family planning choices for everyone who wants it, Ethiopia will be able to increase women’s voice, choice and control over their reproductive health, slow down population growth and enhance economic growth, the website stated.

This program is part of the UK’s global leadership on family planning, and was announced as part of a package of UK support around the world at the London Family Planning Summit on 11 July 2017.

source ena