Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has released the sum of N126 million for the procurement and distribution of essential family planning (FP) commodities to boost family planning in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Chidinma Oreh, who disclosed this yesterday while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said that the funds released would cover the procurement of “long-acting contraceptive agents such as Mirena intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants (Levoplant contraceptives) for women who desire to space child births for longer periods.”....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
She added that the fund would also be used for “shorter-acting and barrier methods such as male condoms, and Depo-Provera, the three monthly contraceptive injections for reproductive and family health.”
Meanwhile, based on the 2018 National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), the current national contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) stands at 17 per cent, while Rivers State is 19.6 per cent, representing a two per cent performance rate above the national ranking index.
