To date, 160 organizations and more than 40 countries have made official commitments to the updated Global Strategy, pledging over $25 billion to women's, children's and adolescents' health. Priority is given to low-income countries with high maternal and child mortality burdens that have set specific targets for improving, integrating and expanding access to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services. Within these countries, H6 partners are working with Governments to help formulate and implement policy and legislation to codify lasting improvements in national health plans. They rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children, and to have the information and means to do so.