Abstracts Archive

Background: Globally, the emergence of the Covid -19 pandemic comes with great cost to all sectors of human endeavors. Among its impacts in Nigeria is inadequate attention to some basic health needs, including family planning, as a result of the huge diversion of health resources, including manpower...

OBJECTIVE: Sexual and reproductive health is a critical aspect of adolescent health as they contend with issues including early motherhood and pregnancy, lack of access to safe and modern contraception methods, and a high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases. The project employs a life mappin...

Background/Objectives: About half of Nigeria's population resides in rural areas, where only 8% of women use modern family planning (FP), and gender norms restrict women's movement. This pilot aimed to increase rural access to FP and provide a sustainable model for the rural distribution of health...

Self-care is an effective approach that empowers individuals to take charge of their own health, access information, and utilize health services. Self-care interventions gives agency, autonomy, and choice to individuals to decide if, when, and how frequent to have children which determines significa...

Background: One of the many decisions made in the household, which has consequence on family well-being, is the timing and spacing of children. This study explored the association between exposure to various forms of communication strategies and contraceptive behavior between women of reproductive a...

FP use among married women in Nigeria remains low with CPR for any method and an unmet need for FP at 17% and 19% respectively (NDHS, 2018). While a number of studies have reported mixed findings on the effects of education on contraceptive use, little is known about how educational attainment is in...

Background Many healthcare providers do not have sufficient experience and skills to provide adequate and inclusive quality of care to young people because of lack of training to prepare them for caring for the sexual and reproductive healthcare needs of young people. The advent of the COVID-19 ...

Introduction: Sexual and reproductive health related discussion has remained a major social, cultural and health concern in the global context. This concern has gained credible attention in developed countries, which help in the management of child spacing issue among the people. However, in the dev...

BackgroundSelf-administered DMPA-SC offers opportunities to improve contraception. Injectables have become popular as it offers confidentiality to women. Features of effectiveness, reversibility and relatively long-acting effect add to their popularity. The DMPA-SC self-inject provides privacy and p...

Background and Objectives: Despite various efforts towards addressing low modern contraceptive use among women in Nigeria, modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) remains very low, estimated at 18% in 2021. However, much of the literature have generalise modern contraceptive use among all women...

Background: The health and economic benefits of modern contraception cannot be overemphasized. It allows for an improved maternal and child health, good standard of living and contributes a lot in ensuring a happy family. However, access to contraception have been limited by several factors such as ...

Introduction:Community Pharmacists (CPs) and Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) are the first point of primary health care for most Nigerians. Given their widespread presence, IntegratE project works with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) to broaden its task-sharing and task-shift...

BackgroundModern contraception use, and total fertility rates are concerning in Bauchi (6.5%,  and 7.2), Kebbi (3.5%, and 6.5) and Sokoto (2.3%, and 7.0) [source:NDHS 2018]. The maldistribution of skilled healthcare workers and traditional offsite training negatively affect access to quality family...

Introduction/ObjectiveIn Togo, according to the MICS6 2017, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) is 24%, while unmet need is 30%. TheUSAID/AmplifyPF project has implemented two community-based approaches, namely the Family Planning Special Days (FPSD) and community-based distribution (CBD...

Background/ObjectivesAdolescent unintended pregnancies are a major public health challenge in developing countries. Adolescent pregnancy leads to childbirth complications, maternal morbidity and mortality, socioeconomic consequences, and long-term adverse effects. There is a paucity of data on the d...

Background/ObjectivesUnmet need for FP is highest among 15-19 years' sexually active unmarried women (66%) and decreases with age to 26% among 45–49-year women (NDHS2018). Unmet need among married female adolescents is lowest at 12%, rising to 23% among women aged 35-39 years. The objective of t...

Planning affects every activity of humankind in today's world of work. One of such is family planning and one such activity of man is farming/agriculture. Since family planning results to good health, agriculture as an activity will also be affected correspondingly. This study investigates the effec...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES This presentation showcases results from a policy advocacy intervention to clarify and activate guidelines governing women's access to safe abortion in Lagos State, Nigeria. Until 2011, access to safe abortion was governed by a 95-year-old state law that only permitted abort...

Background: Family Planning demand generation activities has the potency to increase clients' desire to use family planning by changing their attitudes or perceptions about FP or increasing their awareness or knowledge about FP methods. The Society for Family Health in partnership with the Federal M...

Background: The use of modern family planning methods is subpar in Nigeria as only 12% of married and 28% of sexually active unmarried women currently use modern contraception.This study aims to examine factors influencing re-uptake of family planning following removal among women who received impla...

Background/Objectives:Fertility desires are high in Nigeria. But research suggests emerging interest in smaller families. This study explored how Nigerian men and women perceived the benefits of smaller (three or fewer children) versus larger (five or more children) families.Materials and Methods:Se...

Background: Plan International uses women and girl's empowerment index (WGEI) in measuring the realization of sexual reproductive health and rights of women and girls including access to/ decision making around FP for adolescent girls 15-19 & young women 20-24. GAC supported ASPIRE project collected...

Authors: Babatunde Odusolu, Omolara Adetukasi, Devyn Lee, Ilana Cohen, Boladale Akin-Kolapo, Benson Ohemu, Babajide Daini, Tomisin Adeoye and Chukwudike AkanegbuAffiliations: Grassroot Soccer, Inc., DAI and YEDIBackground/Objectives: The USAID-funded Youth-Powered Ecosystem to Advance...

Background: A key challenge during COVID 19 was a shift from the conventional ways of field visits to remote monitoring due to the restrictions on movement resulting from lockdown. This study explored how documentation and reporting process among trained providers in Nigeria...

Background/objective: Nigeria is among countries with the poorest contraceptive prevalence rate globally. Many challenges have been identified as constraints, but little have been studied about early marriage as a barrier to contraception. This study explores early marriage as a predisposing factor...

Background/objectivesWe examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Family Planning(FP) service provision and clients' FP service access in selected Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities in India, Nigeria and Tanzania. Findings from Nigeria are presented.Materials and methodsA mixed methods study...

Background and ObjectiveLatest evidence shows that 23 million girls aged 15 to 19 years in developing countries have an unmet need for modern contraception. As a result, half of pregnancies among this group are estimated to be unintended. Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with an estim...

BackgroundThe World Health Organisation had estimated that 21 million adolescent girls get pregnant every year in developing countries, and of this, 3.9 million of them would undergo an unsafe abortion. It is apparent that adolescents face a significant health risk if not specifically targeted by in...

Background: Despite growing numbers of leaders steering the opium of people, adolescent pregnancy has become a global issue plaguing the world over. An estimated 21 million girls aged 15–19 years in developing regions become pregnant, and approximately 12 million of them give birth. Happening to t...

Background: 22% of Nigeria's population are adolescents between the ages of 10-19, with research suggesting 15 years as the age at sexual debut for girls. These youth populations often have multiple exploratory relationships, particularly those of a sexual nature with many unaware of the risks, incl...