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Expand Family Planning to Fast-Track Human Capital Development in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch | August 26, 2023

By Prof. Oladapo Ladipo and Dr Samukeliso Dube (Lead Writers) Editor’s Note: Nigeria is a country with a rapidly growing population and diverse demographic challenges, therefore access to contraception plays a critical role in enabling it achieve its human capital development goals. In this thought leadership piece, Professor Oladapo Ladipo, President, Association for Reproductive and […]

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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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Society for Family Health: Leveraging Digital Platforms to Train Family Planning Service Providers

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 16, 2023

Mrs Gertrude Edom, the founder and chief executive officer of St Gertrude Maternity Centre located in Topland, a suburb in Enugu city, had just seen her last set of patients and was settling down to attend to her administrative tasks. Her clinical duties include maternal and child health, immunisation and family planning. She is one […]

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Fast-Tracking Nigeria’s Demographic Transition: A Critical Addition to the Legislative Agenda of the 9th Assembly

By Nigeria Health Watch | January 7, 2023

A demographic dividend does not happen by accident, it requires a country to take deliberate and sustained action, which includes making the necessary investments and purposefully implementing the policies that would result in a decline in fertility and mortality levels. This, in turn, would create a demographic window of opportunity. A demographic transition occurs when […]

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