[IMO STATE FAMILY PLANNING COSTED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN] 2021-2024 The objective of the summit was to “mobilize global policy, financing, commodity, and service delivery commitments to support the rights of women and girls in the world’s 69 poorest countries to use contraceptive information, services, and supplies without coercion or discrimination by 2021.” Doing so would prevent staggering 100 million unintended pregnancies, 50 million abortions, 200,000 pregnancy/childbirth-related maternal deaths, and 3 million infant deaths
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The London Summit on Family Planning committed to the following: • Increase demand and support for family planning by removing barriers to its access and use • Improve supply chains, systems, and service delivery models and procure more affordable high-quality contraceptives through better global coordination, including new methods for expanded choices • Improve market dynamics, including country forecasting capacities and increased availability and quality of a range of FP methods • Promote accountability at the global and country levels through improved monitoring and evaluation (M&E) • Advocate for sustained government and donor funding Nigeria was represented at the London Summit by a team of experts led by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH). At the summit, they committed to increasing domestic funding for family planning. The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGON) committed to disbursing an additional $8.35 million per year specifically for family planning and reproductive health (RH), which translated to about a 300 percent increase. After the summit’s conclusion, the FMOH team of experts identified the following key steps to ensure the increased uptake of FP services: Support advocacy Strengthen accountability Improve supply chains Increase contraceptive supply 13
