Expert Say 80m Unplanned Pregnancy occurs Annually
Over 200 million women in the world lacks access to effective and affordable family planning, a situation experts said has resulted in 80 million unplanned pregnancies.
Besides, experts said the situation has given rise to about 30
million unplanned birth annually, while 20 million unsafe abortions are
carried out yearly.
Reeling out the statistics at the opening of the three day 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference with the theme, ” Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice of family planning in Nigeria”, Dr. Ejike Oji, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee declared that family planning plays an important role in reducing maternal mortality in the country.
He also stressed that the economic benefits of family planning are substantial, as it empowers women.
He said: “over 200 million women in the world want to prevent pregnancy but lacks access to effective, affordable, modern means of contraception. This results in 80 million unplanned pregnancies, 30 million unplanned births and 20 million unsafe abortions every year.
“Family planning plays a key role in reducing maternal mortality. The economic benefits of family planning are also substantial. Family planning also has a role to play in climate change mitigation and adaptation.”
To this, Dr Oji reiterated the earlier call made to the government to “ensure that universal access to voluntary, high quality family planning and sexual and reproductive health services is included in the post-2015 development framework.
Re-emphasizing the importance of family plunging, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Director, Victoria Akyeampong noted that in every two minutes a woman dies of pregnancy related complications.
She further revealed that about four million women die yearly of pregnancy related complications and about 90% of death occurs in developing countries which include Nigeria, where about 110,000 women die.
The issue she said is not taken serious because those that die are usually the poor and so they are ignored.
Akyeampong therefore charged the gathering to ensure that all the policies and suggestions reached at the conference are translated into action.
Explaining that of the N63 million promised for the purpose of family planning by the government, only 68% have been released.
For high impact, she noted that funds must be made available for the procurement of the commodities.
The conference is planned to help highlight how family planning could help Nigeria attain the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
source:quick news Africa
Reeling out the statistics at the opening of the three day 3rd Nigerian Family Planning Conference with the theme, ” Bridging the gap between knowledge and practice of family planning in Nigeria”, Dr. Ejike Oji, Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee declared that family planning plays an important role in reducing maternal mortality in the country.
He also stressed that the economic benefits of family planning are substantial, as it empowers women.
He said: “over 200 million women in the world want to prevent pregnancy but lacks access to effective, affordable, modern means of contraception. This results in 80 million unplanned pregnancies, 30 million unplanned births and 20 million unsafe abortions every year.
“Family planning plays a key role in reducing maternal mortality. The economic benefits of family planning are also substantial. Family planning also has a role to play in climate change mitigation and adaptation.”
To this, Dr Oji reiterated the earlier call made to the government to “ensure that universal access to voluntary, high quality family planning and sexual and reproductive health services is included in the post-2015 development framework.
Re-emphasizing the importance of family plunging, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Director, Victoria Akyeampong noted that in every two minutes a woman dies of pregnancy related complications.
She further revealed that about four million women die yearly of pregnancy related complications and about 90% of death occurs in developing countries which include Nigeria, where about 110,000 women die.
The issue she said is not taken serious because those that die are usually the poor and so they are ignored.
Akyeampong therefore charged the gathering to ensure that all the policies and suggestions reached at the conference are translated into action.
Explaining that of the N63 million promised for the purpose of family planning by the government, only 68% have been released.
For high impact, she noted that funds must be made available for the procurement of the commodities.
The conference is planned to help highlight how family planning could help Nigeria attain the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
source:quick news Africa
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