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<p>The UK Government continues to use its diplomatic and development levers to drive
progress and demonstrate leadership on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
globally and the recently released White Paper on International Development reaffirmed
the UK's commitment to deploy policy and investment to advance and strongly defend
universal access to comprehensive SRHR.</p><p>As the largest donor to the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA) Supplies Programme, the Partnership averted 8 million unintended
pregnancies, 2.2 million unsafe abortion and 170,000 maternal and child deaths in
2022 alone. Since 2018, UK aid support to the Women's Integrated Sexual Health Programme
has supported 9.5 million women to use modern methods of contraception and, in 2021,
over 12,000 maternal deaths and 1.8 million unsafe abortions were averted.</p><p>This
year, the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights ranked the
UK highest in the region (91.3 per cent) for our commitment to achieving SRHR for
all, including our domestic laws and policies, and our overseas development assistance
dedicated to progressing comprehensive SRHR for all.</p>
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