Increasing Access to Contraceptives in Nigeria Through Task-shifting to Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS)
The proportion of women who die in pregnancy, birth or related complications remains high in Nigeria. As Africa’s most populous country with a population of 168.8 million (NPC, 2012) and a growth rate of 3.2% per annum, Nigeria has high maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 630 women per 100,000 live birth (UN, 2010). Some of […]
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria; Visits ARFH
The Management and staff of ARFH welcome The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to ARFH Abuja Office and wish them successful oversight visit to Nigeria. ARFH as a Principal Recipient (Global Fund HIV&AIDS and TB Round 9), works in collaboration with the Nigerian government and CSOs to implement innovative programmes on HIV/AIDS […]
Active TB Case Findings Through Community Engagement in Nigeria
Tuberculosis continues to remain a major public health problem in Nigeria. The TB burden is compounded by high prevalence of HIV in the country which stands at about 3.4 % in the general population 2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey-Plus (NARHS Plus). An essential component of TB control programme in Nigeria is the empowerment […]
Expanding Access to Care and Support for OVCs in Bauchi State
The Links for Children OVC Project, a five-year project aimed at expanding access to care and support for 11,950 vulnerable children (VC) in three states of Nigeria (Kaduna, Bauchi, and Katsina) handed over renovated block of three classrooms School in Bauchi State in an effort to expand access to treatment services, care, and support for […]
#AIDSfree Generation: Reality or Myth for Young People with Disability
Mr. Oladeji Adeyemi presenting the outcome of a study on young people with visual disability and HIV/AIDS in Oyo State, South Western Nigeria at the 17th ICASA Conference Young people continue to remain at the center of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. Their behaviour, the extent to which their rights are protected, and the services […]
Mobil Producing Supports ARFH to Reach Youth Corps Members
Mobil Producing Supports ARFH to Reach Youth Corps Members with Sexual & Reproductive Health and Malaria Prevention Information The Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) received support from Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) to implement a youth-focused project titled ‘Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health of Youth Corps Members and Young People in Two Nigerian States’. […]
House of Rep Committee on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria visit to GF/ARFH Project Sites
On Wednesday, November 20th 2013, the President/CEO of ARFH Prof O.A Ladipo, on behalf of the Board of Trustees welcomed the Chair and members of House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on their visit to ARFH as part of their oversight function to formulate effective legislative measures for the prevention and control […]
GF TB Project: WHO Consultants From Geneva Visit ARFH
Mr. Leopold Blanc and Darcy Richardson, consultants from World Health Organization paid a curtsey visit to Association for Reproductive and Family Health, they were accompanied by Dr. Awe, the TB National Programme officer at WHO and Dr Rupert Eneogu, National TB and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP). The team was welcomed by Prof. A. O Ladipo, […]
Professor O.A. Ladipo Speaks at the 2nd Annual Population Lecture Series
Nigeria’s Quest for Demographic Dividend Nigeria has been undergoing explosive population growth and has one of the highest fertility rates of 5.7 in the world (PRB 2011 Data sheet). By projections, Nigeria is one of eight countries expected to account collectively for half of the world’s total population increase from 2005–2050. At the centre of […]
ARFH: Female Condom Advocacy
Increase Female Condom Availability, Affordability and Accessibility One of the 13 ‘over looked’ life-saving commodities is Female Condom which is a power tool to empower women with partners unwilling to use condom, protecting her against unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmuted diseases says Prof. C.O Onyebuchi, Honourable Minister of Health, speaking at the launch of the […]