Adolescents residents in Rivers state have been urged to cease the opportunities of free family planning services offered in various primary health care centers in the state to plan their sexual life.
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Early motherhood can affect the psychosocial development of the infant. The children of teen mothers are more likely to be born prematurely with a low birth weight, predisposing them to many other lifelong conditions #YSMAonSRH
They are also less likely to have access to education about sexual and reproductive health. They are also prone to emotional problems, substance abuse and sexually transmitted diseases #YSMAonSRH
Adolescent pregnancy comes with myriads of immediate consequences which adversely affect the health, education, income earning potential and to a large extend alters the course of their entire life. #YSMAonSRH
If you refuse to teach your children what they need to know about their body and it's boundaries, someone else will teach them what they should not know and may come with a negative consequences. #YSMANonSRHR
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Key Recommendation from the 6th Nigeria Family Planning Conference held in December, 2020:
Federal government should support state governments to strengthen the capacity of Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities across the country by...
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Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie E. Ehanire; Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen; and @UNFPANigeria Representative, Ulla Elisabeth Mueller during the launch of Family Planning: for a more productive Nigeria - A Storybook on the Current Situation of FP in Nigeria
It is five months since we hosted the Nigeria family Planning Conference 2020. Did you attend the conference? What was your biggest highlight from the conference?
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