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The Minister of State for Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Friday in Abuja said Family Planning (FP) could serve as a positively force to improve national planning and development. Ehanire said this at the closing ceremony of the 5th Nigeria Family Planning Conference, with a theme ‘Investment, Innovation, Inclusiveness’. The minister said the conference became imperative in order to convene FP planning stakeholders to discuss and share experiences. He said it also provided the stakeholders the opportunity to share ideas and innovation, and also serve as a platform in identifying new issues. “The Federal Government adopted the option of investing in FP, which has been proven to be an investment that is cost effective as well as life saving choice. “Family planning also contributed to the building of the country’s economic potential and positive step towards building a healthy and happy family. “The conference was a platform to identify urgent issues towards innovations in p

Nigeria records13.9% modern contraceptive prevalence – Track20 With barely 13 months to reaching the target FP2020 objectives on contraceptives usage, indicators show that Nigeria currently has a 13. 9 per cent Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR) for all women, an economist with the Track20 project says. Mr Adebiyi Adesina, is a Senior Economist with Avenir Health , a US based agency , on Track 20. The Federal Government of Nigeria in collaboration with partners and private sector stakeholders pledged to achieve a modern contraceptive prevalent rate of 27 per cent in Nigeria among all women by 2020. mCPR refers to a proportion of women, ages 15-49 , who are using, or whose sexual partners are using a modern method of contraception including hormonal and barrier methods, sterilisation, emergency contraception, Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM) and standard days/cycle beads method. FP2020 is an outcome of July 2012 London Summit where over 20 countries committed