A Unified Global Call for Equity and Innovation

• Many African countries made progress on modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) and unmet need, but face reversals due to funding losses.
• The withdrawal of U.S. funding will lead to increased maternal mortality and adolescent pregnancies.
• Vulnerable populations will bear the most significant impact.
• FP services in humanitarian settings face severe challenges.
• The closure of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program disrupts FP data collection.
• Countries explore alternative funding through domestic mobilization, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and philanthropic engagement.
• The government and/or civil society representatives on the panel (from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and the nine Ouagadougou Partnership (OP) countries) have begun to assess and mitigate funding gaps.

Calls to action:

• Urgent advocacy is needed to re-engage donors and influence domestic policies.
• Efforts must prioritize equity, integration of FP into other national programs, and leveraging grassroots efforts. Urge governments to recognize FP as an economic and development priority.

• FP is part of a disrupted global ecosystem; solutions must be systemic.FP programs were excluded from “lifesaving” exemptions, leading to severe service disruptions. 
• Supply chains are facing critical unpredictability, jeopardizing FP commodity access.
• U.S. withdrawal from SRHR leadership results in gaps in global guidelines and technical expertise.
• Anti-FP policies are gaining ground, fueled by misinformation and political agendas.
• Urgent need for diversified supply chain strategies and regional procurement models.
• U.S. opposition to FP threatens funding and the global governance structure.

Calls to action:

• Identify new donors, strengthen partnerships, and build localized solutions.
• Build proactive counter-narratives against anti-gender policies and misinformation.
• Countries should integrate FP into broader economic and social frameworks to sustain support.
• Private-sector engagement is necessary to support contraceptive procurement and distribution. 

• Equity must be central to FP policy, programs, and funding decisions.
• USAID funding withdrawal affects workforce, service delivery, and monitoring.
• Loss of USAID’s global knowledge hub threatens access to FP data and research.
• Social behavior change (SBC) approaches are crucial in countering misinformation and sustaining demand.
•  Strategic advocacy must highlight FP’s return on investment to governments and donors.
• Need for alternative financing models, including social entrepreneurship and private-sector engagement.
• Solutions: Technical assistance for small, local organizations to mobilize funding, including grant-writing training. Use solutions journalism to engage media and spotlight issues.

Calls to action: Establish a global FP knowledge hub, integrate FP into universal health coverage, and engage more non-traditional partners (corporate philanthropies, local governments, and impact investors).