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There is an urgent need for improvements in family planning service delivery in Nigeria. While there is variation in estimates of contraceptive prevalence, statistics generally suggest that overall use of contraception is extremely low; one 2005 study found contraceptive prevalence to be 14.8 percent overall and 13 percent among married women aged 15–49 (UNICEF n.d.). Other sources place contraceptive prevalence at well below 10 percent (Henshaw et al. 1998).
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© 2012 Angel M. Foster and L. L. Wynn
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Lang, D.A., Keesbury, J., Karlyn, A.S. (2012). Nigeria: Creating Demand and Increasing Availability. In: Foster, A.M., Wynn, L.L. (eds) Emergency Contraception. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137016485_13
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