Aid by Sector
Tsogolo Langa Family Planning Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This targeted investment programme will expand DFID’s current support for family planning service delivery via quality national third-party provider(s) – with a view to increasingly meeting needs of youth and younger couples by 30 April 2024.
The Reproductive Health Supplies Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To meet the contraceptive needs of over 20 million women per year; to reduce unintended pregnancies and maternal deaths; to improve maternal, newborn and child health, and to contribute to universal health coverage. This will be achieved by funding activities to improve the availability, quality, supply and access to key reproductive health commodities, including for those in hard to reach areas. This will support women's rights and the 2030 agenda.
Scaling up Family Planning in Tanzania
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This is a national programme to scale up access to family planning across Tanzania. Specific activities will include: • Outreach work in rural and urban areas as well as in Tanzania’s refugee camps and host communities. • Specific work to improve access to family planning as well as sexual and reproductive health information to youth, people with disabilities as well as services for victims of sexual violence. • Procure family planning commodities, strengthen the supply chain, and train of public health providers
Delivering Accelerated Family Planning in Pakistan (DAFPAK)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To increase access in Pakistan to qualtiy family planning information and services by those who would like to use it, particualrly underserved groups such as rural women. It will directly contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being, as well as to the FP2020 target of reaching additional users of family planning.
Nepal Health Sector Programme III
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To improve the health of women, children, the poor and socially excluded in Nepal, including by restoring health services in areas affected by the 2015 earthquake, and improving the quality and governance of health services nationwide.
Women and Girls Health: The Ending Preventable Deaths of Mothers, Babies and Children support programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This programme provides technical assistance (TA) to FCDO teams to complement all UK investments that support the manifesto commitment to End the Preventable Deaths of mothers, babies and children by 2030 (EPD). The FCDO EPD approach paper (2021) is central to women and girls’ health, encompassing aspects of policy and programme work in health systems, sexual reproductive health and rights, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, climate resilient health and research.
Essential Services for Maternal and Child Health [Services Essentiels de Santé Maternelle et Infantile en RDC (SEMI)]
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support essential maternal, child and infant health services to end preventable deaths in one of the poorest provinces in DRC and strengthen the health system at national and provincial level.
Mozambique Demographic Transition - Waala - Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To contribute to a more favourable enabling environment for the demographic transition in Mozambique, through coordinated action with others. The FCDO will use programming, evidence and diplomacy to influence decision-makers to increase investments towards cost-effective interventions that will accelerate changes in the population structure. These interventions will help young people to fulfil their potential by preventing unintended pregnancies and improving the literacy and numeracy skills among girls. The Government’s systems will be strengthened to include population issues in planning and budgeting. Over 130,000 unintended pregnancies will be averted resulting in 427,000 users of modern contraceptives. These investments should help to offset deteriorating human capital outcomes because of COVID-19.
FP2030 - The Global Family Planning Partnership
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
FP2030 will enable more women and girls everywhere to make informed, voluntary decisions about their contraceptive use by - - Securing and monitoring commitments to FP and supporting their implementation (eg through technical assistance) by countries and other stakeholders, including civil society, academic, multilateral, donor, and private sector organisations. - Enabling the sector to build more integrated and resilient FP systems, enabling better laws, policies, financing and service provision. - Building a broader base of support for FP, through global, regional and national advocacy, and FP2030’s power to convene and drive alignment.
Supporting the Africa-led Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Phase II
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
This second phase will continue to work with others to support a movement within countries and globally to raise awareness and understanding of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and build support for efforts to end the practice. Phase I of the programme was called “Towards Ending Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Africa and Beyond” and ran from 2013-2018.
Disability Capacity Building Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To promote the rights of people with disabilities in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by supporting the delivery of small grants, training and partnership building between UN agencies, governments, private sector and disabled persons organisations.
Demographic Transition in Iraq Programme (DTIP)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
Supporting demographic transition has a multi-faceted impact that can help achieve FCDO NSC objectives Maternal health & infant mortality Gender empowerment & girls education Poverty and youth employment Fiscal space Political stability, inclusion, and participation Environmental impact Sustainability dividend A more stable social contract
Better Health in Bangladesh (BHB) Programme
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To deliver more and higher quality services, contributing to better health through technical assistance and policy engagement. The programme is contributing to ending preventable deaths of mothers, babies and children, tackling antimicrobial resistance and addressing climate change impact on health.
UK Support to Palestinian Refugees(UKSPR) 2022-2025
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To provide predictable, multi-year funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East which will help the agency deliver basic education including to girls, health services including family planning, vaccines and pre-natal and anti-natal services, relief services and humanitarian aid to more than 5.6 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
Partnership in Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) is the world’s largest alliance with over 1,000 members in over 192 countries focused on improving the health and well-being of women, children and adolescents. FCDO is co funding the PMNCH It contributes to the delivery of the Global Strategy for Women’s Children’s and Adolescent health (the Global Strategy). It does so through its new Strategy 2021-2025 which will contribute to reducing preventable maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality, ensuring progress on financing and equitable access to comprehensive Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights , and advancing the health and well-being of adolescents. PMNCH’s does so by its targeted advocacy, supported by knowledge synthesis that uses the latest evidence and works through partner engagement to strengthen multi-stakeholder national platforms, which campaign to build political commitment and mobilize communities.
LAFIYA -UK Support for Health in Nigeria
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To save lives, reduce suffering and improve economic prospects for the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria through: i. Encouraging Government of Nigeria to increase resources invested in health (through advocacy, community accountability; and data to inform government prioritisation using a “delivery” approach, as used successfully in Pakistan) ii. Improving effectiveness and efficiency of public and private basic health services (through innovative financing mechanisms, strengthening health systems and working with private sector to deliver affordable health services for the poorest populations) iii. Reducing total fertility rate (through addressing social norms, demographic impact analysis, and support to family planning commodities and services).
Global Financing Facility - Phase 2
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To enable innovative and efficient financing of family planning and broader sexual and reproductive health; increasing private sector and domestic resource allocations in countries, focussing initially in Nigeria and Mozambique and mainly to increased access to quality, comprehensive family planning and women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in at least 3 countries. The lessons learnt from it will help many more countries to increase financing for these services in the longer term.
Reducing high fertility rates and Improving SExual reproductive health outcomes in Uganda (RISE)
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To support the Government of Uganda in the implementation of the Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan in order to accelerate the uptake of contraception and reduce the negative health, social and economic consequences of high fertility rates
Better Lives for Somali Women and Children
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To achieve UK's manifesto commitment of reducing preventable deaths, the Better Lives for Somali Women and Children will continue to respond to the health and nutrition needs of the Somali people. There will be a continued focus on delivering an essential package of health services. The programme will strengthen the Somali Health Authorities oversight of service provision, which will in turn promote local accountability and allow them increasingly to respond to the needs of their populations. This programme approach aims to support long term sustainability and state building that is part of the wider strategic agenda. There will also be a climate change mitigation component (ICF) within the programme.
FSDA - Financial Sector Deepening Africa Platform
UK - Foreign, Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO)
To drive inclusive growth through a combination of grants and development capital investments that build financial markets and institutions. The programme delivers ambitious multi-country activities and focused, local interventions which seek to strengthen capital markets, promote financial innovation, and help Africa finance a greener future.
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