Background Maternal mortality is still a major risk for women of childbearing age in Nigeria.
In 2008, Nigeria bore 14% of the global burden of maternal mortality. The national maternal …

BACKGROUND Northern Nigeria has some of the worst reproductive health indicators
worldwide. Conspicuous North–South variations exist in contraceptive use; not much is …

Women's socioeconomic position has a significant effect on health services use. With the
nature of the socioeconomic empowerment process in relation to improvements in sexual …

Background: Globally, an estimated 4 million of the 35 million people living with HIV are
between the ages of 15 and 24. Nigeria has the second largest burden of HIV worldwide …

This study was conducted among married Igbo women in Nigeria who have the lowest
median birth interval coupled with a culture of sex preference and low use of modern …

This study assessed the relationship between recent exposure to family planning (FP)
messages in the media (newspaper, radio, television, and mobile phones) and use of …

This study examines the residual geographical variations in infant and child mortality and
how the different categories of the risk factors account for the spatial inequality in West …

Contraceptive use in Nigeria has remained low despite the efforts of government and non-
governmental agencies to increase its uptake. Most studies on contraceptive use have …

Objective To determine factors influencing the readiness of urban Nigerian men to adopt
contraceptive methods. Methods The data were derived from a cross‐sectional household …

Despite the benefits of antenat] al care to the mother and the child, it is available less often in
sub‐Saharan Africa than in other regions. Coverage of at least four visits is lower, with a …