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<p>The UK government’s commitment to end the preventable deaths of mothers, new-born
babies and children by 2030 is more essential now than ever given the COVID-19 outbreak.
DFID is stepping up efforts to ensure sexual, reproductive, maternal and newborn health
services continue to be prioritised in our response to the pandemic, to stop mothers
and babies dying unnecessarily.</p><p>We are funding and working with agencies such
as the World Health Organisation, UN Population Fund, the Partnership for Maternal
New-born and Child Health and the Global Financing Facility (GFF) to support governments
to maintain health systems in affected countries, provide technical guidance and advocate
for sustained reproductive, maternal, new-born and child health services. This includes
filling essential supply chain gaps and supporting frontline health workers. The UK
supported the GFF Investors Group last week in calling for strong, collective action
to avoid a potential secondary health crisis from disruptions in health services from
COVID-19.</p><p>The Global Vaccine Summit in June is also seeking to raise at least
US $7.4 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance 2021 – 2025 strategy. The UK has committed
£1.65 billion, the equivalent of £330 million per year, to support Gavi’s goal to
immunise a further 300 million children and save up to 8 million lives.</p>
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