Abstracts Archive

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/Objectives National data mask regional disparities with higher burden of maternal mortality seen in northern Nigeria. Restrictive social norms and widespread gender-based inequalities are critical determinants of family planning uptake in the region. The Sexual and Reproductive Health Pr...

Background/Objectives: The utilization of hormonal IUD as modern contraceptive method in Nigeria is very low (6%, NDHS2018); recent studies have revealed that insufficient counselling and absence of trained health personnel among other are key determination of IUDs service underutilization. It is ve...

ABSTRACTBACKGROUND :Young people in Nigeria lack access to contraceptive information and services that are tailored to their needs. Only one out of three young women in Nigeria, ages 15 to 24 who have a need for family planning are currently using a modern contraceptive method and this proporti...

Background/Significance:With efforts geared toward improving the reproductive health status of adolescents in Nigeria, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) among girls 15-19 years is still very low at 2.3% (NDHS2018). The Society for Family Health with support from the Federal Ministry of...

Background/Significance: Despite efforts geared toward improving the reproductive health status of women In Nigeria, the modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPr) is still very low at 12.0% (NDHS2018). The Society for Family Health in partnership Federal Ministry of Health leveraged the CHiPs prog...

Background: Proportion of women of reproductive age is 820,006 (NPC 2016). State maternal health indicators show that maternal mortality ratio is 286 per 100,000 live births (NDHS 2013). This means that more than 2,345 women in Abia State die from childbirth and pregnancy-related causes annually. &n...