Mrs. Aremu, a family planning provider at a primary health clinic in the densely populated Nigerian city of Ibadan, is ecstatic. Ever since the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for Communication Programs’ (JHU∙CCP) Nigeria Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) has made it
Devastated when his beloved first wife died after childbirth, Jubrin Muhammad Bana, an electronics trader living in the Nigerian town of Kaduna, vowed to ensure that his new bride would never die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth. Jubrin became committed to family planning
Fatima Adebola Sanusi, a hairdresser from Gwarimpa recently received an unexpected surprise when claiming her Second Chance radio program prize in Abuja, Nigeria. JHU∙CCP’s own Global Compliance Officer, Sunanda Holmes, joined by Babafunke Fagbemi and Nike Ayodele of the Center for Communication Programs Nigeria, personally
In February 2012 the Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI) will launch three 26-episode radio drama magazine programs in Kaduna, Abuja, Ilorin and Ibadan to motivate wider acceptance of family planning and to inform Nigerians of the benefits of modern family planning/child spacing. The programs
Pregnancy can be dangerous. No one understands that better than Sheikh Salahudeen Busairi of Ibadan, Nigeria. “I told my wife to stop producing. That after this pregnancy, no more,” explains Sheikh Busairi, an Islamic scholar and local Imam, when discussing his wife’s difficult pregnancy which
Recent research conducted by CCP has confirmed that there are many barriers to family planning in Nigeria: couples will only use family planning methods if women initiate conversation and if doctors provide the clinical “tests”, and professional advice. These findings emerged from focus group discussions
Staff from Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), Ku Saurara! and the Center for Communication Programs Nigeria (CCPN) participated in the 2010 Nigeria Family Planning Conference. Themed “Strengthening Family Planning for National Development”, the conference took place from November 22 – 24 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Receive the latest news and updates, tools, events and job postings in your inbox every month
