More women adopt family planning methods
More women in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are now using different family planning methods while managing their families’ health and social and economic wellbeing.
A survey of some primary healthcare centres in the city showed an appreciable increase in the number of women embracing family planning methods.
This was made known during outreaches conducted by Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) at some markets, healthcare centres and a military barracks within five local government areas (LGAs) of the state.
The LGAs are Ibadan North, Ibadan South East, Ibadan North West, Ibadan North East and Ibadan South West. The five local councils were targetted by NURHI because they were considered as urban slums.
NURHI, has over the last four years, sensitised people in the five local government areas about the benefits of the health initiative.
Some of the primary healthcare facilities visited during the outreach include the Oopeyeosa Primary Healthcare Centre, Oopoyeosa; Adifase Primary Healthcare Centre, Apata and Sango Primary Healthcare Centre, Sango.
Other areas where the outreaches are carried out and family planning services rendered to traders are Oje, Oranyan, Ayeye, Gbagi, Dugbe, Ogunpa/Gege, Agbowo, Beere, Eleyele and Sango in the state capital.
On the intervention of NURHI, one of its officials, Mrs Jumoke Adekogba, said the initiative, which is being sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focuses on promoting family planning methods in reducing maternal and child mortalities in the state.
“Apart from the area of mortalities, we also sensitise the women, including the men, of the benefits of having family planning.
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