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By Ebun Sessou
F After the celebration of the World Population Day held on July 11th on the theme "Family Planning is a Human Right, One group, Devcoms, the Communication Network for Development, said the only key to saving women's lives is that the government at all levels is stepping up the campaign on the essence of family planning.
Akin Jimoh, director of the Devcoms program and service delivery on family planning is one of the key strategies to control continued population growth in Nigeria. Adding this, this is especially important for marginalized groups and people in hard-to-reach areas across the country.
According to him, the celebration would not be complete without recognizing the Nigerian women who bear the brunt of death and infirmities during pregnancy and childbirth. With the unsustainable population growth of national development, we support all efforts to balance the country's development and the current population of 198 million inhabitants, the urban population growing at an average annual growth rate of about 6 , 5%.
His words: "United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), family planning is the information, means and methods that allow people to decide if and when to have children. women, young people and adolescents have the right to basic human rights.
"The right to health means that health services must be available in sufficient quantity; accessible in a non-discriminatory manner and ensuring that services can be physically and financially accessible; "Women, youth and adolescents in Nigeria must be provided with accessible, available and acceptable services to prevent unplanned pregnancies, most of which end in unwanted pregnancies. He added that it is important to establish youth-friendly centers dedicated to providing badual and reproductive health services that meet young people from their point of view. need rather than resorting to life-threatening practices. These should operate on the basis of elements of full, free and informed choice with citizens having access to information on all contraceptive methods (temporary and permanent) and also the right to decide which service to use without coercion and without barrier. 19659006] "Family planning is a wise investment for national development, but with a number of differences in the level of acceptance across the country, which needs to be further improved for the benefits of Nigerians." It is very important that the government, at all levels, ensure the availability of family planning products and consumables to facilitate access to a major means of addressing the country's demographic debacle.
"Government should understand that without contraceptives, a program to save the lives of women, children and others who need it.The government should be responsible for ensuring that contraceptive products and consumer products are available to the needs of each prospective user.
"All stakeholders must collaborate in others to meet unsatisfied needs. ts target groups. The World Health Organization (WHO) is high among adolescents, migrants, slum dwellers, refugees and postpartum women
"Health workers have a key role to play From the moment a teenager enters the door of a clinic, until his departure, the services provided, whether good or bad, can shape the future of this individual. ", He explained
