There are concerns that COVID-19 will have an impact on overall donor funding. But new data shows that even before the pandemic, there was a reduction in donor funding for sexual and reproductive health and rights, or SRHR, in 2019.
Donors of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee disbursed $6.41 billion for SRHR in 2019 — a decrease of over $1 billion compared to 2018 and 2017 disbursements, which were at $7.68 billion and $7.73 billion, respectively, according to the latest report by NGO Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung.
This “can partially be explained” by a decrease in U.S. funding, although this data might still be updated, as per the report.