The US State Department has announced it is ending funding for the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), the international body’s agency focused on family planning as well as maternal and child health in more than 150 countries. A statement by the State Department dated April 4 says it is withholding $32.5m (Shs116b) in funding for… Continue reading Africa: U.S Stops Over Shs 116 Trillion Funding to UNFPA
Month: April 2017
Contraception and safe abortion are key to women’s growth
Contraception, safe abortion and the ability of women and children to decide on the number of children to have unleashes their potential, ensures their empowerment, says Ulla E Muller, President and CEO of EngenderHealth, a leading global women’s health organisation. Committed to ensuring that every pregnancy is planned, every child is wanted, and every mother… Continue reading Contraception and safe abortion are key to women’s growth
Health care goals in Indonesia can be reached only if challenges addressed – UN expert
Indonesia is on track to develop a sustainable and equitable healthcare system, but problems related to access and quality of services persist, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Puras, said today. “Despite commendable efforts, availability, access to and quality of health services remains a challenge in a country where population… Continue reading Health care goals in Indonesia can be reached only if challenges addressed – UN expert
Citing Abortions In China, Trump Cuts Funds For U.N. Family Planning Agency
The Trump administration will withhold $32.5 million in funding that had been earmarked this current fiscal year for the United Nations’ lead agency on family planning and maternal health, known as the United Nations Population Fund or UNFPA. The administration says it’s doing so because it has determined that UNFPA helps to support a Chinese government… Continue reading Citing Abortions In China, Trump Cuts Funds For U.N. Family Planning Agency
U.N. chief warns U.S. funding cut may have devastating effects
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that a decision by the United States to withdraw all funding to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) could have “devastating effects” on vulnerable women and girls around the world, a spokesman said. The State Department said it was dropping the funding because the U.N. Population Fund “supports, or participates… Continue reading U.N. chief warns U.S. funding cut may have devastating effects
Trump administration halts money to UN population fund over abortion rules
The US state department said on Monday it was ending funding for the UN population fund (UNFPA) – the first concrete move in what activists describe as President Donald Trump’s “crusade against the health and rights of women and girls globally”. Following weeks of speculation, a letter to Bob Corker, the chairman of the US… Continue reading Trump administration halts money to UN population fund over abortion rules
Melinda Gates: Foreign aid cuts to contraceptives in Trump's budget hurt millions of women
Last week, just a few days after the White House proposed dramatic cuts to health and development aid, I headed to Indonesia. The timing was coincidental — the trip had been planned for months — but the reason I was going happened to be especially relevant to our country’s national debate. Indonesia has strategically used foreign aid to… Continue reading Melinda Gates: Foreign aid cuts to contraceptives in Trump's budget hurt millions of women
