9 August 2025
By Akinnodi Francis, Ondo

A staggering 83 Nigerian women and girls die every year from preventable causes linked to poor access to family planning, experts have warned, as the country faces a deepening contraceptive shortage and massive funding cuts.

Also, every year, an estimated 6,321 Nigerian women undergo unsafe abortions, a grim indicator of the country’s deepening family planning crisis.

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