Cervical Cancer is the most common female cancer in developing countries, with approximately 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year. In Nigeria, it is the second most frequent cancer in women, after breast cancer. Around the world, a woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes.
The Society for Family Health (SFH) has embarked in an adolescent-friendly campaign against HIV/AIDS through engaging young persons in the campaign as doctors and support providers for those infected.The Director in charge of HIV programs for SFH, Godpower Omoregie while speaking with journalists at the Agenda for Adolescent and Young People Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Dissemination Meeting
The 2018 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) records Maternal Mortality in Nigeria (also known as the Pregnancy-Related Mortality Ratio) in Nigeria at 556 for every 100,000 live births. This figure represents data collected for about 7 years preceding 2018 when the survey was conducted amongst women between the ages of 15 – 49.