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Sexual and reproductive health is a human right, essential to human development and to achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. DFID is firmly committed to the Program of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and will continue to support governments and partners to achieve reproductive health for all by 2015. Poor people, especially women and young people, face huge social and economic barriers to sexual and reproductive health. 120 million couples do not have access to the family planning services and contraception they need. Every year, 529,000 women die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth and 3 million children die in the first week of life. 38 million people are currently living with HIV and 340 million people contract sexually transmitted infections each year. Most are preventable. This paper sets out DFID’s position on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and our view of the future. It forms the basis for planning our investment and activities and our work with partners. We have seen considerable achievements since the I994 International Conference on Population and Development set goals and targets on reproductive health and rights for all by 2015. Countries have turned ICPD commitments into policies and action, increased access to a range of family planning options, and in some countries cut maternal deaths. But faster progress is needed. We face new challenges, in particular the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS and the biggest ever population of young people entering their reproductive years. Demand for sexual and reproductive health services and commodities will continue to grow. Health systems remain weak in many countries and are deteriorating in some. There are too few health workers particularly in the poorest areas. We could make more use of opportunities to integrate HIV and sexual and reproductive health services in ways that respond better to people’s needs. DFID will work with country governments and partners to: • advocate internationally and nationally for policies and resources that address people’s rights to sexual and reproductive health, and continue to address controversial issues such as safe abortion and harmful and coercive practices; • improve access to comprehensive services, that are responsive to the rights and needs of poor people and other vulnerable groups; • address social cultural and economic barriers, using a rights-based approach, and tackling issues outside the health sector; and • support research, monitoring and evaluation and apply knowledge and lessons learnt in policy and planning. 1 Our aim is to achieve the following outcomes: • Improved maternal and newborn health. • Accessible, high quality family planning choices. • Elimination of unsafe abortion. • Reduced incidence of HIV and sexually transmitted infections. • Greater awareness of sexual health and reduced risky behavior. • Gender equality, rights, accountability and equity realized everywhere

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