Abstracts Archive

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...

BackgroundReproductive health programs for women have largely overlooked young first-time mothers (YFTMs).To address this gap, we implemented the PoPCare program through a series of interventions aimed at increasing access to and uptake of post-pregnancy modern contraception among YFTMs (15-24 years...

Women and girls living below poverty benchmarks have high fertility rates, unmet need, live in communities with limited accessibility to contraceptive, and are less likely to afford the cost of transport as well as the cost contraceptive services. To bridge the multidimensional disparities in access...

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...

BackgroundArticle 25 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities affirms that 'persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability' and to access 'the same range, qual...

BackgroundFacilitating uptake of immediate postpartum family planning (PPFP) through a community volunteer transport scheme (CVTS) in rural and hard-to-reach areas is a High Impact Practice (HIP), that contributes to reduced episodes of unintended pregnancies and closely spaced births which are publ...

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...

Background: Women living with HIV/AIDS possess fertility desires similar to their uninfected counterparts, and with advances in health therapies such as prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV/AIDs, these women can realistically raise HIV negative children. Preconception care (PC) is a spe...