Nigeria to Expect 25,685 Babies on New Year Day –UNICEF
Agency Report The United Nations Children’s Fund says an estimated 25,685 babies will be born in Nigeria on New Year Day. According to a statement...
Category: Child Spacing/Family Planning
South Africa Abolishes Tax on Sanitary Pads
Come April 2019, the 15 percent tax on sanitary pads in South Africa will be scrapped. This was made known by the newly appointed Finance...
Adolescents Pregnancy: Major Issue in Kaduna Communities – SFH …as FHAHI Plead for Immediate Release of 2019 Family Planning Budget
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Society for Family Health (SFH), has revealed that the issue of adolescent pregnancy is still a major issue facing family planning...
20% of Maternal Mortality Caused by Iron Deficiency – UNICEF …..move to check it
By Alex Uangbaoje, Katsina The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that about 20% of total deaths of women during pregnancy annually is caused...
Why I Want Family Planning – 20 Years Old Mother of 4
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Fatima Salma, a 20 years old mother of 4, has presented herself to access Family Planning (FP) services, because according to...
Kaduna Lawmakers get FHANI’s Honour For Supporting Family Planning
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna A leading health advocacy group, Family Health Advocates in Nigeria Initiative (FHANI), supported by Pathfinder International, on Wednesday honoured three lawmakers...
Nigeria Records 7million Births Annually, According to UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has put the total annual births in Nigeria at seven million children. This came to the fore at the...
Family Planning: NURHI Launches ’72-Hours Clinic Makeover Compendium’ for Kaduna State
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI 2), on Wednesday launched it’s ’72-hours Clinic Makeover Compendium’ and Video’ that captured how they...
Family Planning Doesn’t Cause Ectopic Pregnancy – Specialist
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna Following misconception that ectopic pregnancy can be complication resulting from application of Family Planning (FP) services, an FP specialist, Tawalkatu Imran...
Child Spacing: Group Pledges Support for Kaduna Government
By Alex Uangbaoje, Kaduna A group, Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria, Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (SOGON-PAS), has...