Abstracts Archive

BackgroundQuality of counseling received during family planning (FP) service provision is associated with contraceptive uptake and continuation. Although Patent and Proprietary Medicine Vendors (PPMVs) and Community Pharmacists (CPs) are the leading source of modern contraceptives in the private sec...

Aim: The State Government, recognizing the implication of a significant youthful population engaging in high-risk sexual behaviours, established Hello Lagos as an integrated youth friendly center (YFC) in 2002. The survey was to assess the need for the Youth Friendly Centres by the youths in communi...

BackgroundCOVID-19 caused unquantifiable disruptions in the healthcare system, family planning information and services inclusive. WHO reported that 70 of the 102 countries surveyed in 2020, had disruptions in FP services; Nigeria inclusive. Society for Family Health through her Deliveri...

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...

Background/ObjectivesDespite the improvement in family planning in Nigeria from 9.8% to 14% as stated by the DHS report of 2018. Adolescents still have a poor utilization of contraceptives and access to SRH in Nigeria. This fact is a worrying one because of the susceptibility to life-threatening dis...

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...

Background: In February 2020, Nigeria reported its index COVID-19 case which began the cycle of transmission within Nigeria. In response, the presidential task force provided guideline for the prevention and management of the pandemic used across sectors, enforced compliance, and declared a lock-dow...

Introduction: In Nigeria, Contraceptive prevalence is 17% with limitations against adolescent uptake of Family Planning (FP) methods. Despite the training of multicadre providers on youth-friendly services, the number of young people receiving services at the health facilities in Lagos and Kano are...

Annually, more than 20 million adolescent girls aged 15- 19 in developing countries become pregnant, and approximately 12 million give birth. Adolescent pregnancy has become a key public health problem, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa where about 10% of girls become young mothers at age 16, leavi...

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...

A Mobile health application can help to disseminate educational health interventions be widely used. However, mobile health applications not carefully developed will likely not be adopted by the intended users. This paper describes the methodology used to develop a mobile health application for teac...

Promise Alkali, Nancy Afangide, TC Okeke AbstractBackground:Postpartum period is an important and interesting period in the life of the nursing mothers. It is a medically neglected period that receives relatively less attention than pregnancy and delivery.Aim:To describe the postpartum practice...

Background/objectives:According to Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS 2018), Nigeria has 48% unmet need for family planning among sexually active unmarried women. Variety of issues must be addressed to bridge this gap. Values Clarification and Attitudinal Change (VCAT) is a veritable tool t...

Oluyemi, O; Atamewalen, R O; Alfred, T ABackground/ObjectivesAdolescents are key to sustainable development, and several global initiatives call for greater investment in their health. In Nigeria, for instance, health care for this age group tends not to be receiving priority attention, such that ma...

Background/ObjectivesThe Post-pregnancy Family Planning (PoPCare) program in Lagos, Nigeria implemented a data-driven community-focused approach that aimed to improve access to and uptake of post-pregnancy modern contraception. PoPCare used a responsive feedback mechanism (RFM), to enhance learning ...

Background/Objective:The Challenge Initiative (TCI), is a "business unusual" approach to financing, scaling up and sustaining reproductive health solutions. TCI provided technical support to Abia State government buy-in, leadership and ownership of the FP program, targeted technical assistance to th...

An abstract is a short summary of your (published or unpublished) research paper, usually about a paragraph (c. 6-7 sentences, 150-250 words) long. A well-written abstract serves multiple purposesAn abstract is a short summary of your (published or unpublished) research paper, usually about a paragr...

Background/ObjectivesThe Society for Family Health, through the Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project, has been delivering dual services – counseling and family planning - to married adolescents through outreaches and fixed posts across 11 Local Government Areas of Kaduna State...

Background: Contraceptive funding in Nigeria is heavily donor dependent (87%) with government contributing about 13% over the last ten years. Annual contraceptive funding requirement increased from ~$15M (2013) to ~$28.5M (2021) resulting in a 500% funding gap increase ($2m to $12.1m). Without diver...

Background: Vasectomy is one of the most effective contraception for men and most popular in many developed countries. However, the method is less known and used in Nigeria due to fear of impotence, and violation of God's creation. As a result, only few men are willing to take up the method. Marie ...

BackgroundThe National Family Planning Dashboard (FPDB) developed in 2014 by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a web-based tool which provides visibility into Family Planning(FP) services, logistics and Human Resource(HR) data within an integrated a...

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...

BackgroundIn Bauchi, Kebbi, Ebonyi, and Sokoto States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), women in remote underserved communities have limited access to family planning services. Innovative approaches to improve availability, access and utilization of family planning services are needed to pr...

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...

BackgroundThe London summit on FP produced a global commitment to open access to 120m women for FP services. Nigeria's response is represented by the development of a national FP blueprint, projecting a 3% annual increase in the mCPR and aiming at achieving 27% by 2024. This translated into a massiv...

Background/Objective:Flexi Track Survey conducted by The Challenge Initiative (TCI) Nigeria Hub reveals that the prevailing myths and misconceptions about contraceptives in Abia State is; contraceptives use encourages promiscuity (male 21.5%, female 15.8%), reduces sexual urge (male 16.6%, female 13...

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...

A 2021 projection from the world population prospect for Nigeria, places proportion of women of reproductive age who are 15-19 years at 23%. The Challenge Initiative (TCI) which is a reproductive health initiative, supported implementation of Adolescent and Youth (AY) Sexual and Reproductive Health ...

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...

BackgroundAdolescents in Nigeria engage in unprotected sex resulting in a high rate of unintended pregnancies which has led to teen parenting, unsafe abortions, STIs, and additional challenges. Contributing to these issues is the inadequate knowledge of contraceptives which compounds these problems ...