Health Workers Make Case For Family Planning

Family planning providers have expressed happiness over the increase in the uptake of family planning services and commodities in the State
They said, the fear associated with the use of contraceptives had drastically reduced, noting that there has been an increase in awareness on Family Planning in the State as both singles and married were adopting FP Methods convenient for them.
Providers at Model Primary Healthcare Centres at Churchill, Elekahia, and Rumuigbo made this declaration during a facility tour, organised by the Development Communications (Devcoms), the implementing agency of The Challenge Initiative (TCI)
Family Planning providers, Mrs Loren Numbere, Mrs Dumbari Ntor-ue, Mrs Mother Bounty-Pepple who embarked on several awareness campaigns to disabuse the minds of clients was largely responsible for the reduction in fear.
They described Family Planning as one of the best methods used for child spacing and to reduce maternal mortality rate, controlling unwanted pregnancies amongst young unmarried youths thereby reducing population rate including stress and anxiety amongst men, while debunking the myths and misconceptions of family planning.
They pointed out that Family Planning use does not portend promiscuity or make a user sterile as believed in some cultures
A popular social media influencer and blogger, Mrs Ella Umeh-Ezeadilieje, while sharing the importance and benefits of Modern Family Planning with nursing mothers at the Churchill Health Centre, Port Harcourt, stated that it would give the women time with each child before the next one and also aid them to heal properly.
In their responses, some of the women who spoke to The Tide observed that Family Planning helped them to improve their living standards and health.

By: TonyeNria-Dappa