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<p>The Secretary of State recently announced that the UK would step up efforts to
end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children by 2030. Universal health
coverage, including access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), is
central to these efforts.</p><p>Our health and SRHR programmes aim to understand and
overcome the barriers for excluded groups, to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable
within society, including those with disabilities, are able to access services. All
our SRHR programmes target adolescent girls. We also work to address the needs of
ethnic groups in particular countries.</p><p>At the UN General Assembly in 2019, the
Secretary of State for International Development announce funding of £600 million
over 2020-2025 that will provide millions more women and girls with access to family
planning.</p><p>The Women’s Integrated Sexual Health reproductive health programme
uses innovative ways to identify and reach the poorest and most marginalised adolescent
girls and women with essential services across 27 countries. Our support to the Robert
Carr Fund, Amplify Change and the Safe Abortion Action Fund all support grassroots
organisations to campaign for and promote access to the most marginalised populations’
sexual and reproductive health services and rights.</p>
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