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Beyond “Women’s Business”: How Enugu and Ebonyi Are Reframing Family Planning as Shared Responsibility

Chinwendu Tabitha Iroegbu and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead writers) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health investments a country can make to reduce preventable maternal deaths, improve newborn and child survival, and strengthen families’ health and economic stability. Yet uptake and access in Nigeria remain uneven. Women and girls in rural and underserved communities […]

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From Majalisa to Households: MSI Nigeria is Advancing Child Spacing Awareness in Kano

Mahdi Garba and Kenneth Ibe (Lead writers) Kano State has one of the highest fertility rates in Nigeria, at about 5.8 births per woman, nearly three times the global average of 2.2. The state records roughly 1,000 births every day, contributing to rapid population growth and placing increased pressure on health facilities and Nigeria’s fragile […]

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From Palace to People: Traditional Leaders Drive Family Planning in Kano State

Hadiza Mohammed and Mahdi Garba (Lead writers) In the Rano Emirate of Kano State, the phrase ‘family planning’ is still being fought against, as it is seen as an imposition of western ideologies on the conservative community. Years back, the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, received backlash from residents of the state after he […]

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