WCD: Why reproductive age women must prioritize family planning

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By Ramat Ayo Ismail


Women of Reproductive Age  have been  urged to embrace  modern Contraceptives Method so as to boost the health of mother, children and for the attainment of overall development of the country.


 This call was made by the Kwara State  Family Planning Coordinator,  Hajia Biliqees Ibrahim while featuring on Sobi Fm as part of activities to commemorate this year’s  World  Contraceptiion Day (WCD).


She said embracing  Modern Contraceptives Methods  would assist in cutting costs of unwanted pregnancies and other expenditures that could run down the insufficient family income.


 She explained that the World Contraception is marked every 26th of September to raise awareness about birth control and remind adults and adolescents of  the need to make informed choice about their reproductive health. 

The state Family Planning Coordinator further stated that the Modern Contraceptives Methods can be categorized into long acting and short  acting methods, adding that  the long acting methods are implant and utherine which can be used for a long period and reversible; while short acting methods according to her are injectables that can also be taken for 2 to 3 months.


Ibrahim therefore, enjoined women of reproductive age to adopt modern  family Planning for them to live a healthy life, saying that it is available in 320  facilities  across the 16 local government area  of kwara state.


In her contributions at the programme, the Secretary, Awareness Initiative For Good living, Hajia Biliqees Modupe Oladimeji, explained that the World Contraception Day is set aside to create awareness and inform youths and adolescents on the importance of Family Planning.


She said  that the advent of foreign Covid 19  has given rise to some of the challenges affecting family Planning, noting that “Child spacing is a world watch and its very crucial to create awareness for  healthy family.

According to her, Awareness Initiative For Good living (AIGL) is an organization established to take charge of advocacy on family Planning  with the support of Pathfinder international.


“Before, in kwara state there was no specific budget line for family planning and after alot of aggressive advocacy  to the stakeholders, the state was able to create specific separate budget line for family planning which made the commodities available in all state facilities across the state” she said


Speaking on the theme for this year World Contraceptiion Day, the AIGL scribe said t access to save and voluntary family planning for women and girls will ultimately prevent abortion and untrained children.


This, according to her,, means that women are having unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, which could be avoided through the use of contraceptives or any suitable FP commodity.


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