6.5m Nigerian women now use modern contraceptives -- Report

The report released by the Family Planning 2020 partnership on Monday revealed that over 6.5 million women in Nigeria are using modern methods of contraception.

FP2020’s latest report is part of the 25-year arc of progress that has lifted hundreds of millions of women and girls since the Cairo Summit in 1994.The report reveals that 314 million women and girls are now using modern contraception, with 53 million new users in the last seven years, and nine million in the past year alone.While Nigeria has over 6.

It said over 800,000 unsafe abortions and 13,000 maternal deaths have been averted in the last year alone. The estimated percentage of women with an unmet need for a modern method of contraception stands at 23.7 per cent in 2019.The Executive Director of FP 2020, Beth Schlachter, said the evidence is clear that “when women get access to contraceptive products, it has a positive impact on their total well being”.

“While progress has been significant, FP2020 approaches its deadline year and the initial numeric goal of reaching an additional 120 million women and girls has yet to be realised. The challenge of putting women and girls at the centre of development remains critical,” it said

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