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Family Planning in Nigeria

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

By Folakemi Ajala

January 7, 2023

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A demographic dividend does not happen by accident, it requires a country to take deliberate and sustained action, which includes making the…

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From ‘Stalled’ to ‘Transiting’: Activating Nigeria’s Demographic Dividend

By Aloysius Ugwu

January 4, 2023

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Every year, at the National Council on Health (NCH), health leaders across Nigeria congregate to deliberate and approve policies aimed at improving…

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HeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse

By Thelma Chioma Abeku

May 4, 2022

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In 2018, on a work assignment to a rural community in Kebbi State, our team interviewed a woman who had given birth…

NGOs Congratulate the Buhari Administration for the Federal Ministry of Health’s unquestionable Commitment to Saving Women’s Lives

By Nigeria Health Watch

December 6, 2021

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RECENT FP COMMITMENTS OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH The National Family Planning Blueprint 2021-2025 has been launched in October 2020The Federal…

Nigeria commits to allocating a minimum of 1% of the National and State Health annual budgets to increase financing for family planning by 2030 at global event to mark the next decade of the FP2030 partnership

By Nigeria Health Watch

November 19, 2021

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Leaders from across the reproductive health space including Melinda French Gates and UNFPA Executive Director Natalia Kanem gathered at the global event…

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Family Planning in a New Lagos: The Gains of Collaborating for Greater Impact

By Nigeria Health Watch

November 11, 2021

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By Alex Ehieme and Patience Adejo (Lead Writers) The Nigeria Family Planning Blueprint (2020–2024) has a set objective of achieving a modern…

Family Planning 2030: CSOs as Advocates for Achieving Nigeria's FP2030 Targets

By Nigeria Health Watch

August 7, 2021

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By Stephen Enoch (Lead Writer) Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has an estimated population of about 200 million people, making it the…

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#FundFPNaija: Domestic Funding for Family Planning Needs Urgent Prioritisation

By Kemisola Agbaoye

June 27, 2021

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Nigeria is currently the seventh most populous nation in the world. With an annual growth rate of 2.6%, Nigeria is projected to…

As UK withdraws from funding FP, Medical Women asks Nigerian government to take responsibility

By Nigeria Health Watch

June 2, 2021

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The National President of the Medical Women Association of Nigeria under the Partnership for Advocacy in child and family health At Scale,…

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We must bridge the funding gap for family planning in Nigeria's 2021 budget

By Nigeria Health Watch

March 11, 2021

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By Aloysius Ugwu and Gabriel Oke (Lead Writers) Jack Lew, former United States Secretary of the Treasury described a budget as ‘’not…

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Kaduna State pioneers procurement process for family planning commodities

By Aisha Gambo

December 23, 2020

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Kaduna state has gotten a waiver to procure Family Planning (FP) commodities as the state’s demand for FP commodities increases. This makes…

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The NURHI Project: 10 Years of Impact in Nigeria's Family Planning Space

By Nigeria Health Watch

September 23, 2020

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By Kenneth Ibe & Olubunmi Oyebanji (Lead Writers) The availability of family planning services, enables girls and women to make informed choices…

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Reshaping Nigeria's Family Planning Narrative to meet FP2020 Goals

By Nigeria Health Watch

September 6, 2019

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Young people in Nigeria know more than we think they do about reproductive health. Take for instance, some teens who shared during…

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“We are not the Future, We are the Present”: Key takeaways from #ICFP2018

By Nigeria Health Watch

November 22, 2018

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The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) that took place in Kigali between the 12th – 15th November, 2018 in Rwanda brought…