The Executive Director, Balanced Stewardship Development Association (BALSDA), Mr Adeleye Adewale, says that Nigerian government is committed to increase Modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, to achieve 27 percent by 2020.
Adeleye, who stated this in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, during the launching of Family Planning Costed Implementation Plan (CIP) for the state, was assisted by the State Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ayotunde Omole.
The CIP detailed the activities, strategies, goals and indicators to deliver impactful FP programmes from 2019 to 2021 in the state.
He said that BALSDA will continue to follow up with Ekiti State government to ensure full implementation of the recently developed family planning Costed Implementation Plan (CIP) for 2019 to 2021.
The funding support to develop the CIP came from Population Action International (PAI).
The BALSDA boss said that CIP is necessary as it will guide the state to know what it will cost her to deliver effective family planning services.
“The developed CIP for Ekiti State will require about N761 million for the three fiscal years with demand generation and behavioural change communication taking about 49 percent of the whole budget.
The BALSDA boss enjoined all the stakeholders to put all hands on deck to ensure the State CIP is given the needed attention that is required
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Olurotimi Ojo, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Ayotunde Omole, said that government is determined to increase the availability of family planning commodities in the state.
He affirmed that the plan would ensure the sustainable and successful implementation of the state’s family planning programme and policies in the coming year.
Ojo noted that the state has a CPR currently estimated at 34.5 percent for all married women in the state, noting that only 26.6 percent of contraceptive users are using a modern method, while only 3.7 percent use long-acting methods.
In her address, the Family Planning Coordinator, State Ministry of Health, Mrs Olukemi Akinleye, said that the launching of the CIP was a significant step made by the state government and its supporting partners, towards improving maternal and child health in the state.
She disclosed that the National FP Blueprint states that in Nigeria, 400,000 infant and 700,000 child deaths will be averted by achieving the CPR goal and that 1.6 million unintended pregnancies will be averted.
“The stakes are high and none should stand aloof, the private sector is hereby called upon to invest in the various thematic areas identified in the document,”she said.
