Family Planning: Will Nigeria achieve FP2020 commitment?

Thursday, January 3, 2019

In recent times, the advocacy for family planning has become crucial as demand for reproductive, and population reduction, economic, health care grows.
There is no doubt anymore that the benefits of family planning are numerous and if properly executed will go a long way in enabling countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
At the July 11, 2017 Family Planning Summit in London, U.K., the  Federal Government of Nigeria updated its commitment and pledged to achieve a modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) of 27 per cent among all women by 2020.
The 2017 Family Planning Summit was a forum of network of partners to bring local actions and solutions to scale, particularly for populations that have traditionally been left behind on family planning, such as adolesscents and youth, and women and girls in humanitarian situations.
Read more at: https://www.nan.ng/health/family-planning-will-nigeria-achieve-fp2020-co...