Family Planning: TCI Trains 165 Master Trainers, Nurses, Midwives in Kwara
The Challenge Initiative (TCI) in bid to step up adoption of family planning trained 65 master trainers, over 100 nurses and midwives to ensure effective service delivery in Kwara State.
TCI State Program Manager,Dr Adebayo Adefila disclosed this on Thursday during Kwara State media roundtable on family planning, tagged; Kwara Family’s Planning Progress: Sustaining partnerships for lasting impacts held in Ilorin.
The Program Manager said over N45 Million was spent on trainings from 2022 to 2025.
Adefila,who was represented by Mr Folusho Oyewale revealed that Condoms, Injection and Implant as three major family planning methods clients uptake in kwara within the period under review, adding that additional 17,592 new users of family planning were recorded.
As the TIC wind down in the state, Adefila identified stock out,user fee charges in private hospitals, Insecurity in some parts of the state and method preference as challenges encountered in their operation.
In her welcome address, Kwara State family planning coordinator, Hajia Bashirat Jatto,who was represented by Mrs Hajarat Olumo said government has been ensuring regular procurement of commodities as well as high impacts training and campaigns to shoot up number of clients for family planning.
Chairman of kwara state Media Advocacy Group, Biola Azeez said : TCI, in collaboration with Devcoms organized a capacity training programme among selected practicing journalists in Kwara state in February 2024.
“The participants were taken through advocacy, information and sensitization on family planning activities as well as methods to report carry out improved, data based family planning report. At the end of training sessions, participants were formed into an advocacy group, named, Kwara state family planning Media Group”.
He said group members have been carrying out media advocacy activities aimed at promoting family planning methods among families and stakeholders.
Azeez however, called for improved funding and more media engagement, especially to rural areas to achieve maximum results.