Family Planning

Though female condom plays a key role in family planning, its use in Nigeria has remained very low due to culture, religion and other related barriers, Country Director, Pathfinder International, Dr Farouk Jega, has said. Jega stated…

The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), says it will rely on  the cooperation of Lagos State policy makers, technocrats, religious and traditional leaders in the ongoing efforts to  increase family planning uptake in…

Latest report on this year budget for the nation’s health sector by Federal Government’s has revealed and faulted zero allocation for family planning by the government as third quarter of the year ends in September. Our…

• Also prevents 143,000 unintended pregnancies, 800 maternal deaths • 600,000 women currently using contraceptives in the state No fewer than 600,000 women are currently using a modern method of contraception in Lagos state, the…

ABUJA - A family planning advocacy group, Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP), has appealed to all tiers of government in Nigeria to take needed actions to make the nation’s population an asset for national…

● Health Minister restates commitment to quality FP service delivery at all levels of health care ● NURHI calls for more funding of services Issues of family planning and improved quality of life took the centre stage yesterday as the…

● To air in Kaduna, Lagos and Oyo States "Get It Together", The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI 2) popular family planning programmes, are back on air. According to a statement from NURHI, the airing of the of the 26…

Amid reports showing that Lagos state has the highest maternal mortality rate in the country, the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), a project of Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, last week continued its sensitisation…

"Maybe I would have given birth to eight or nine children by now if I'd not heard of family planning, " user-turned mobilizer says. Chika Ohaeri is a 36-year-old woman with five kids. This mother of four boys and one girl who lives in…

The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, on Tuesday rolled out measures aimed at addressing the  shortage of skilled and certified midwives in Nigerian hospitals saying the nation’s appalling health indices would be reversed…