Experts warn funding cuts risk setbacks in reproductive health

Philip Anglewicz

Experts at the International Conference on Family Planning warned that global aid cuts—especially from the U.S.—threaten to reverse major gains in reproductive health, urging sustainable, shared financing to close a $104 billion annual funding gap. Despite record contraceptive use preventing millions of unintended pregnancies and maternal deaths, shrinking donor support is forcing low- and middle-income countries to seek new, locally driven funding solutions. Originally published in Context.

Phil Anglewicz is quoted.