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By Nigeria Health Watch | September 26, 2023

#ThePowerOfOptions: Improving Maternal Health through Increased Access to Contraception

Onyedikachi Ewe (Lead Writer) Contraceptive choices are crucial in empowering women and couples to take control of their reproductive health. In addition to protecting women and girls from unplanned pregnancies and unsafe abortions, contraceptive use promotes the overall well-being of the mother, child, and family. However, despite awareness of family planning, there is still a […]

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How Tayi PHC in Niger is increasing FP services through community-focused advocacy

By Bashar Abubakar | January 4, 2021

Habiba Aliyu, 20, gave birth to her first child in 2019 while preparing to begin her journey as a health worker. As a student at a health training institution in Niger State, Aliyu wants to become a Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW). ‘’All my life I wanted to be a health worker. That is my […]

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Kaduna State pioneers procurement process for family planning commodities

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 23, 2020

Kaduna state has gotten a waiver to procure Family Planning (FP) commodities as the state’s demand for FP commodities increases. This makes Kaduna the first and only state with permission to directly procure family planning commodities in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Primary Health Care Board (KPHCB), Hamza Abubakar, made this known during the Kaduna […]

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Reshaping Nigeria’s Family Planning Narrative to meet FP2020 Goals

By Nigeria Health Watch | September 6, 2019

Young people in Nigeria know more than we think they do about reproductive health. Take for instance, some teens who shared during a focus group discussion in Abuja how they obtained varying levels of information about sex and contraceptives from their peers. Yet, we continue to assume they know nothing and deny them access to […]

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World Population Day 2019: Is Nigeria in trouble?

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 11, 2019

Thirty years ago, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) established World Population Day, an annual event observed on July 11 every year. The world’s population had hit just over five billion people two years earlier and to commemorate that, World Population Day aimed to raise awareness and to take action on various population issues, such […]

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