Bayer contributes $4.3 million to ensure contraceptive access for tens of thousands of women in developing countries

Bayer contributes $4.3 million to ensure contraceptive access for tens of thousands of women in developing countriesGraceFri, 07/09/2021 - 14:21Bayer, the global life science company specializing in health care and nutrition, is donating US$0.5 million and over $3.8 million in products to the UNFPA Supplies Partnership, which seeks to secure the essential contraceptive supplies and maternal health medicines required by millions of women and adolescent girls over the next decade. This contribution will generate health-care savings in the amount of $10.5 million and will enable interventions to uphold the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls, including those who have been marginalized or left behind.Bayer ’s contribution will help prevent almost 215,000 unintended pregnancies, 5,000 maternal and child deaths, and over 58,000 unsafe abortions in Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Yemen , Zambia and Zimbabwe.  The UNFPA Supplies Partnership provides more than a billion contraceptives each year, as well as technical expertise and capacity-building to ensure these essential supplies reach the hands of those who need them most. Through voluntary family planning programmes, millions of women, adolescent girls and couples are empowered to prevent unintended pregnancies, averting tens of thousands of maternal deaths and helping lift families ou...

Source: UNFPA News - July 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Grace Source Type: news