Experts Advocate For Concerted Efforts In Promoting Family Planning — Leadership Newspaper

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Experts from health and media sectors has urged relevant stakeholders to develop an innovative approach to family planning, adding that it would provide enormous health and economic benefit to families.

The experts who made the call recently in Abuja at the ongoing 5th Nigerian Family Planning Conference themed: “Investment, Innovation and Inclusiveness,” said it would provide evidence based approach to population management.

Addressing the media, the permanent secretary, Kano State ministry of health, Usman Bala Muhammad, who advocated for concerted efforts in promoting family planning, said the state has inaugurated an all inclusive committee, comprising of all stakeholders including the members of the traditional institutions, the health practitioners and other relevant stakeholders.

He however stressed the need for more innovative approach to publicly promote family planning.

He said, “One of the approaches, we have adopted in Kano, is the utilisation of the traditional…



Source: Leadership Newspaper