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How FG can achieve FP 2030 target- Expert

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2022 0

By Doosuur Iwambe For the Federal Government to achieve the ambitious Family Planning (FP) 2030 target, it must increase its contraceptive prevalence rate; reduce its unmet needs for Family Planning and also work closely with all relevant agencies. The Coordinator, Africa Budget Network (AHBN),

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Address family planning gaps in 2020 budget, stakeholders tells FG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2020 0

 Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja Worried over the funding gap currently existing in the Reproductive Health and Family Planning (FP) budget, stakeholders in the nation’s health sector have called on policy makers and government at all levels to identify and address the gaps. Speaking during a Webinar/Stakeholders Meeting organised by the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) in

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Expert decries funding shortfall in family planning budget

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2020 0

*Urges FG to close funding gaps By Doosuur Iwambe Coordinator, Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN), Dr Aminu Magashi, has decried the funding gap of $600,000 in the Reproductive Health and Family Planning (FP) budget, saying it will have an adverse effect on FP activities in the country. Dr Magashi who was speaking during an exclusive […]

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Ogun to strengthen family planning unit to curb maternal mortality rate

Ihesiulo Grace 31 May 2020 0

Ogun state government says it will embark on massive campaigns to promote the adoption of family planning in order to curb unnecessary deaths, reduce crime rate and check unwanted pregnancy among women of child -bearing age. The government also identified family planning as a sure measure to curb unnecessary deaths among young girls and called […]

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Family planning: China removes restriction on child birth limits

Ihesiulo Grace 29 August 2018 0

China’s Parliament has stricken “family planning” policies from the latest draft of a sweeping civil code slated for adoption in 2020, the clearest signal yet that the leadership is moving to end limits on the number of children families can have. A new draft of the Civil Code submitted on Monday to the Standing Committee […]

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Use of family planning key to reducing maternal mortality, says Expert

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2018 0

Family planning has been identified as cost effective strategy that could prevent the death of 358,000 women who die each year across the world from complications of pregnancy and childbirth if effectively used. A resident doctor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Olufunke Olamigoke, disclosed this during a media […]

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World Population Day: How Lagos women are reducing frequent births using family planning

Ihesiulo Grace 11 July 2018 0

As Nigeria today joins the global community to mark the 2018 World Population Day, indications have emerged that with family planning, unplanned pregnancies which have continued to fuel the country’s population growth could be checked. Going by the testimonies of some women in Lagos State using different family planning methods, the use of contraceptive remains […]

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Nigerian FG releases $1m for contraceptives

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2018 0

Nigeria’s Federal Government has released $1 million for the delivery of contraceptives to enhance quality family planning among Nigerians. Isaac Adewole, the Minister of Health, while briefing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, said plans for the procurement has begun. Nigeria has been increasing it

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Investing in family planning will reduce Nigeria’s high maternal death, expert says

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2018 0

Towards tackling the ugly trend of maternal death in Nigeria which has been described as worrisome, an expert in reproductive health has reiterated the need for increased investment in family planning to reverse the trend. Listing the benefits of family planning, the expert, Assistant Director, Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Pathfinder International, Dr. Habeeb

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Reproductive Health Journalists Nigeria mourn Osotimehin

Ihesiulo Grace 8 June 2017 0

We, members of the foremost body on Reproductive Health and Rights reporting, Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) received with huge shock, news of the passage of the Executive Director, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) Professor BabatundeOsotimehin which occurred on Sunday June 4, 2017. Until his death, Professor Osotimehin was a pillar of

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Youths urged on family planning before marriage

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2015 0

Nigerian youths have been urged to get themselves prepared for Family Planning and other marital responsibilities before engaging in active family life. In her message for the International Women’s Day 2015, the Advocacy Advisor, Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Ms. Ibeawuchi Charity, noted that Nigeria joined the world at the London Summit in