Expand Family Planning to Fast-Track Human Capital Development in Nigeria
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By Prof. Oladapo Ladipo and Dr Samukeliso Dube (Lead Writers) Editor’s Note: Nigeria is a country with a rapidly growing population and…
Empowering Women and Girls Through Improved Access to Family Planning
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Access to family planning (FP) services empowers women and girls by enabling them to have agency over their bodies. They can better…
Fast-Tracking Nigeria’s Demographic Transition: A Critical Addition to the Legislative Agenda of the 9th Assembly
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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…
From ‘Stalled’ to ‘Transiting’: Activating Nigeria’s Demographic Dividend
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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…
HeforShe: Enlisting Men in the Family Planning Discourse
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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
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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
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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…
Family Planning in a New Lagos: The Gains of Collaborating for Greater Impact
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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
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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…
#FundFPNaija: Domestic Funding for Family Planning Needs Urgent Prioritisation
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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
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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,…
We must bridge the funding gap for family planning in Nigeria's 2021 budget
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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…
Kaduna State pioneers procurement process for family planning commodities
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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…
The NURHI Project: 10 Years of Impact in Nigeria's Family Planning Space
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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…