September 17, 2025
by Lovina Anthony
Stakeholders from Ministries of Health, Education, Justice and Women Affairs in Akwa Ibom State have pledged to ensure full sensitization and dissemination of Safe Termination Of Pregnancy, STOP, guidelines in the state.
Akwa Ibom is one of the six states in Nigeria that have adopted and domesticated the STOP guidelines.
However, a report by the observatory team earlier trained by Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center, WARDC, to raise awareness on the STOP guidelines showed that many women and health workers in Akwa Ibom are not aware of the initiative.