The project, which is implemented by the Society for Family Health (SFH) and its partner, Population Services International (PSI), in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), is expected to increase access to and generate informed demand for long term, reversible child spacing methods, namely Intra Uterine Contraceptive Devices (IUCDs) and implants.

Under the five year project, SFH would also initiate, promote and provide access to the use of Misoprostol in prevention and treatment of excessive bleeding that occurs after birth, especially in the rural areas of Nigeria, in accordance with the approved protocol by the Federal Ministry of Health.

Through this effort, the SFH will ensure access to various choices of child spacing methods, decrease rate of unintended pregnancies and contribute to both reduction of maternal and child mortality in the country, as part of its contributions to the attain-ment of the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5.
According to a statement by SFH, “Currently, Nigeria records one of the world’s worst cases of maternal mortality rate, put at about 800 deaths per every 100,000 live births.

The uptake of modern contraceptive methods is low as Contraceptive Prevalence Rate is put at 11.8 percent with unmet need for family planning at 17 percent. These contribute to the total fertility rate of approximately  6 percent woman.

“Evidence shows that greater proportion of women within the rural areas deliver outside the medical health facility. Furthermore, giving the fact that complications arising from pregnancies and other related reproductive health issues have economic, human and development implications, the Federal Government of  Nigeria  has set target to bring down the death cases to less than 100 per every 100,000 live births, as obtainable in other developed or developing countries.”

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