Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, over the weekend raised a fresh alarm over Nigeria’s rate of
population growth.
According to him, if the rate was
unchecked, the explosion in the nation’s population would impact negatively on
the country’s economy and welfare..
To this end, Adewole called for
the use of Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS) to address the problems
of shortage and misdistribution of manpower needed for the provision of access
to family planning services in rural communities and other hard to reach areas.
He made the call in Abuja while
speaking on the topic: “The Relevance of Operations Research in Family Planning
Programming in Nigeria” during the formal presentation of the report of a study
by a non-governmental organisation, Marie Stopes Nigeria.”
The study assessed the provision
of implant contraceptives by Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS)
The Minister, represented by the
Director, Family Health Department in the ministry, Dr. Adebimpe Adebiyi, said:
“We all know that we cannot continue with the rate at which our population is
increasing. It is expedient for us to task-shift the delivery of family
planning services in Nigeria to CHEWS.
“CHEWS are to be regarded as an
important cadre of contraceptive implant providers readily available for the
expansion of access to family planning services in Nigeria.”
While expressing his delight with
the result of the study by Marie Stopes Nigeria, which provides evidence needed
to demonstrate that CHEWS can safely provide implants to their clients, Adewole
urged stakeholders to join hands with the Federal Ministry of Health to expand
access to contraceptive implants and to ensure that the country makes quantum
leaps in the use of evidence-based interventions towards achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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