In 2021, the United Nations Population Fund introduced a new funding model that gets countries to share the cost of providing contraceptives and maternal health medicines to their populations.
The move is meant to ensure predictable and sustainable funding for the Supplies Partnership program, UNFPA’s largest thematic fund which in 2022 accounted for approximately 15% of the agency’s overall funding. The program has suffered from funding fluctuations over the years.
UNFPA is a major provider of donated reproductive health products in many low- and middle-income countries. According to the agency, preliminary data so far in 2023 shows it has spent approximately $177 million to get reproductive health products to 54 countries.