Daily Post Nigeria Health experts decry 17% contraceptive use rate in Nigeria Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Health Health experts decry 17% contraceptive use rate in Nigeria Published on September 26, 2024 By Jim Ochetenwu Health professionals at a webner on the role of contraception in ensuring ideal family size have decried its low use by Nigerians. The experts similarly frowned at the tendency by many couples to make more children than they could conveniently raise, thereby placing themselves and the larger community in stressful resource situations. Participants at the webner who noted that use of contraceptives in Nigeria is not more than 17 percent, described the rate as alarmingly low.
The webner which was hosted by Development Communications Metwork, DevCome, with support from The Challenge Initiative, TCI Nigeria, featured Professor Josiah Mutihir of Jos University Teaching Hospital and other health professionals who called attention to the critical role of contraception in empowering Nigerians to take control of their reproductive health and socio-economic wellbeing. Mutihir and the other health professionals at the webner said expanding access to contraception would reduce maternal mortality, improve socio-economic conditions of families, and place young people in positions to take informed steps in the making of children. The participants at the webner, organised as part of activities by DevCom and TCI Nigeria to mark this year’s World Contracepti.
