UK Government Strengthens Commitment To Improving Health In The World’s Poorest Countries

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.

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