The United Nations Population Fund has said that no fewer than 110 women die daily in Nigeria as a result of pregnancy related causes.
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With an average population growth of 2.6 per cent between 2010 and 2019, Nigeria now has a population of about 201 million.
Umahi made this known in a statement to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, usually observed every February 6
Ngige said this while delivering his key note address to mark the 6th Annual Population Lecture Series with the theme “Governance, People’s Rights and Opportunities”.
UNFPA, in its “State of World Population 2018” survey released in Geneva, said more than half of that growth – 1.3 billion – is likely to be in sub-Saharan Africa.
United Nations Population Fund has decried the high rate of teenage pregnancy in Cross River put at 17 per cent.
The United Nations Population Fund has called on media organisations to increase the awareness on the benefits of contraceptive use in Nigeria.
Osinbajo made this submission in his address at the Religious Leaders Consultative Forum on Harnessing Demographic Dividend for Sustainable Development in Nigeria: The Role of Muslim Religious Leaders on Thursday in Abuja.
The organisation said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the Annual Memorial Lecture in honour of Late Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, former Executive Director, UNFPA.
The new figures, according to a statement by the UNFPA on Tuesday in Abuja, project that the current estimates of 3.9 million girls mutilated each year will rise to 4.6 million by 2030.
Its Chairman, Hassan Mustapha, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that the victims died due to the activities of Boko Haram, which made it difficult for patients to access Anti-Retroviral Therapy and other support services
Osinbajo, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, said this will send a clear message to the rest of the world that such criminal acts of abduction would not be condoned in the country
Diene Keita, the new UNFPA Country Representative in Nigeria, made the promise at the opening of 2017 Mid-Year Review Meeting with its Implementing Partners in Abuja.
The UNFPA National Programme Specialist, Olanike Adedeji, disclosed while briefing journalists on the line up programme to mark 2017 World Population Day in Abuja.
Obinna said: “After data collation and analysis, we discovered that Osun had 76.3 per cent prevalence rate, Ekiti had 71.2, Oyo, 69.7; Ebonyi, 55.6; Imo, 48.8; and Lagos, 44.8
The joint programme, according to the statement, is in collaboration among UNFPA, UNICEF, Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development as well as the Guardian, UK
This was contained in a joint statement issued by the UNFPA Executive Director, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, and the UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, in Abuja
“If they had access to school, they would have a different perception of their girls as income earners, bosses, teachers, medical doctors, lawyers and policewomen
The United Nations Fund for Population Activities on Saturday said about 800,000 women suffered from Vesico Vaginal Fistula annually in…