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By Nigeria Health Watch | March 16, 2024

Promoting Accreditation for Community Health Service in Nigeria

The private sector plays a major role in reducing inequities in access to health, with over 54% of the private sector outlets providing modern contraceptives in Nigeria. Patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) and Community Pharmacists (CPs) make up an essential part of the primary health care provision in Nigeria. They are a primary source of […]

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Strengthening Public-Private Partnerships for Family Planning Financing

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 27, 2024

Family planning (FP) is a highly cost-effective investment that boosts global health and empowers women. By meeting the unmet needs for FP among women, there is a significant decrease in unplanned pregnancies and abortions. As a result, this contributes to a reduction in maternal and child mortality rates and curtailing the transmission of HIV (Human […]

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Enhanced Family Planning: Anguwan Biri PHC Requires Support.

By Nigeria Health Watch | July 15, 2023

Anguwan Biri Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Nasarawa ‘C’ Ward in Chanchaga Local Government (LGA) of Niger State provides integrated primary healthcare services, including antenatal care (ANC), delivery, postnatal care, immunisation, treatment of minor illnesses, outreach activities, and family planning (FP). According to Adamu Shaáibu Kuta, the officer-in-charge (OIC), even though the PHC is a […]

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Empowering Women and Girls Through Improved Access to Family Planning

By Nigeria Health Watch | April 26, 2023

Access to family planning (FP) services empowers women and girls by enabling them to have agency over their bodies. They can better plan a pregnancy and make more informed decisions about childbirth, allowing them to chart the course of their future according to their desires and ambitions. When the 2023 Federal Government budget proposal was […]

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Family Planning Offers a Pathway to Universal Health Coverage But Will Nigeria Take It?

By Nigeria Health Watch | December 21, 2022

The recent International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) saw Thailand host up to 3,500 reproductive health and family planning experts and advocates in Pattaya City, Thailand. The country reduced their total fertility rate from 6.15 to 1.5 between 1960 and 2020. They therefore had significant learnings to share on the ways they were able to […]

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