Stockouts, provider bias deny women access to contraceptives – Experts

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Reproductive health experts in Nigeria say cost, stockouts, provider bias, stigma and misinformation are preventing women and girls from accessing or freely using contraceptives. They urged journalists to highlight these barriers to family planning services.

Jagun, Azege, Shokunbi urge journalists to expose barriers By Sola Ogundipe Nigeria’s contraceptive shelves may be stocked, but many women and girls still cannot obtain or freely use family planning services because of cost, stockouts, provider bias, stigma, misinformation and other barriers, reproductive health stakehoders have warned.The Executive Director, Centre for Bridging Health Gaps, Dr […] The post Stockouts, provider bias deny women access to contraceptives – Experts appeared first on Vanguard News.