WHILE SUPPLIES LAST:TIME FOR COUNTRIES TO INVEST MORE IN CONTRACEPTIVES
ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTION IS TRANSFORMATIVE FOR WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES.
GREATER GENDER EQUALITY
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
DONORS ARE ALREADY
FALLING FAR SHORT OF THEIR
PROMISES
UNFPA IS FACING A
NEARLY 40% BUDGET
SHORTFALL
MOST LIVE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES WHOSE GOVERNMENTS ARE HEAVILY
DEPENDENT ON DONOR FUNDING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
42% have no
budget line for contraceptives
for women
65% cover less than
10% of the contraceptive
needs of women
92% rely on donors to meet over half of the contraceptive needs of women
OF THE COUNTRIES WITH DATA
46% rely entirely on donors to meet
the contraceptive needs of women
WITHOUT FUNDING, WOMEN WILL LOSE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR OWN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH DECISIONS.
AND MILLIONS OF WOMEN’SLIVES ARE AT STAKE
DONORS NEED TO STEP UP TO FILL THE CURRENT
FUNDING GAP
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
GOVERNMENTS MUST INVEST
MORE IN FAMILY PLANNING AND REDUCE THEIR
RELIANCE ON DONOR FUNDING
WHAT CAN WE DO?
NOW
FUTURE
BUT THE WORLD IS ON THE VERGE OF
A CONTRACEPTIVE CRISIS
STABLE CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES WILL ENSURE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF WOMEN NOW AND IN THE FUTURE
UNFPA Supplies' budget shortfall was calculated by dividing the funding gap of $45 million from the needed budget of $120 million. The total gap and needed budget come from personal communication with Jennie Greaney, Technical Specialist at UNFPA (May 4, 2016). The countries for this graphic are the FP2020 focus countries located in sub-Saharan Africa that have 2015 data from USAID DELIVER's CS Indicators. All data on government and donor funding for contraceptives is from USAID DELIVER's CS Indicators. Data on govern-ment funding for contraceptives includes some donor funding that passes through the government's budget.
Data and calculations available upon request.
SOURCES
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