The Society for Family Health (SFH) says no fewer than 4,213 unsafe abortions were averted between 2021 and 2023 through the use of modern contraceptives across the 13 local government areas of Nasarawa State.
Dr Ibitoye Segun, the Senior Learning Advisor of the Society for Family Health (SFH), disclosed this at a one-day Adolescents 360 mid-project dissemination training in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
Segun explained that 54 maternal deaths and 228 child deaths were also averted in the state within the same period, explaining that the contraceptives were used under the A360 Amplify Project, being implemented in the state.
“The Matasa Matan Arewa program, under the A360 project, was designed to provide an enabling environment for married adolescent girls, aged 15 to 19, and to have access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services,” he said.
Dr Omokhudu Idogho, the Managing Director, of SFH, represented by the Project Director of, the Paediatrics and Adolescent Programme of SFH, Mrs. Aisha Dadi, said the A360 was a five-year project with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment Fund Foundation.
He said the meeting served as a channel to share learnings, achievements, successes, and insights from the A360 Amplify, stressing that it has helped to overcome barriers to access and use of modern contraceptives by married adolescent girls, aged 15 to 19.
Dr Gaza Gomna, the state Commissioner for Health, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Damian Ali, assured the commitment of the state government to improve on the achievements already made so far under the A360 project.
He noted that the effort to adequately enlighten and mentor adolescents on their sexual reproductive health was to safeguard their future.
On his part, the Executive Secretary, of Nasarawa State Health Insurance Agency (NASHIA), Dr Simon Istifanus, advocated for collaboration of SFH to incorporate its Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health services into the state’s health insurance scheme to ensure universal coverage.
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