The Federal Government's advocacy on the
use of contraceptive among sexually active women in Nigeria for the prevention
of unwanted pregnancy and abortion is beginning to yield positive results as
more women are recorded to be embracing the method.
Compiled data from the 2015 report of the
National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on health shows that contraceptive use
among sexually active women of child bearing age increased by seven per cent
compared to 2014.
In 2014, 23 per cent of sexually active
Nigerian women used contraceptives, while 30 per cent used in 2015, the
Bureau's latest data showed.
Contraceptive are methods, devices or drugs
used among sexually active people to reduce or prevent unwanted pregnancy and
unsafe abortion.
A cross section of women interviewed in
Abuja on family planning methods showed that most women engaged in one form of
contraceptive method, either modern or traditional, to prevent unwanted
pregnancy.
Aisha Jamiu, a plantain trader, said what
she used to do to prevent pregnancy was count the days of her safe period with
her husband and abstain from sex when she is not safe.
This is one of the traditional forms of
contraceptive method to prevent pregnancy. The NBS data also showed a 2 per
cent increase in use of traditional contraceptive methods between 2014 and
2015.
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