End maternal mortality now – Group

The International Women’s Day 2015, which is celebrated March 8 all over the world, seeks to encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women through the theme: ‘Make it Happen’.NOTAGAIN noted that Nigeria currently has an unmet need of 16 percent for family planning among currently married women and  53 percent of women complain of […]

The International Women’s Day 2015, which is celebrated March 8 all over the world, seeks to encourage effective action for advancing and recognising women through the theme: ‘Make it Happen’.
NOTAGAIN noted that Nigeria currently has an unmet need of 16 percent for family planning among currently married women and  53 percent of women complain of at least one problem in accessing health care in Nigeria.
Getting money for treatment (42 percent), distance to health facility (28.8 percent), and attitude of health worker (16.5 percent) are top challenges women face in accessing health care in Nigeria, NOTAGAIN findings show.
In her message for the International Women’s Day 2015,  the Advocacy Advisor, Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Ms. Ibeawuchi Charity noted that Nigeria joined the world at the London Summit in 2012 to commit to achieving the Global FP Vision 2020, which aims at supporting the rights of women and girls to decide freely and for themselves, whether, when and how many children they have.
She said, “Government at all levels and partners should work together to ensure that Nigeria’s goal of 36 percent Contraceptive Prevalence Rate is achieved by 2018.
It is only when young women begin early to know their reproductive health that they can genuinely achieve responsible family life. When all families are planned, the larger society will begin to also plan its affairs and eventually achieve development”.