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The Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) secretariat has not worked with the She Decides campaign. The UK has not allocated any funding to the She Decides campaign.<\/p>
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DFID works with many partners who support women\u2019s sexual and reproductive health and rights. A Minister attended the She Decides launch event, and we were delighted that She Decides held a spotlight event during the Family Planning Summit in London in 2017.<\/p>
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We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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Despite the helpful points that the report highlights, we stand by our estimates for the overall number of maternal lives we saved. We used an internationally respected modelling tool \u2013 the Lives Saved Tool. We were forced to make some assumptions, however, and therefore used the tool conservatively, excluding some results from large programmes where we could not be sure of accuracy. This was our best way to account for UK Aid to the taxpayer.<\/p>
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We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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Increasing our family planning portfolio from 2013 was an important move \u2013 this was a neglected area with an enormous potential impact, not only for women\u2019s lives but also to societies and economies. Our spending on maternal health was not, however, reduced during this time.<\/p>
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We welcome the Independent Commission for Aid Impact\u2019s impact review on assessing DFID\u2019s results in improving maternal health. The recommendations will feed into DFID\u2019s strategic planning.<\/p>
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The report is right that we revised our estimate down as our information changed. Models continually incorporate better data as it becomes available. The maternal lives saved figure reduced when better data from Bangladesh and Ethiopia became available. Additionally, results from a large multi-country programme were excluded to avoid any potential for over-estimation.<\/p>
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