Learning Document Archives - Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation

Impact Brief: Enabling Bodily Autonomy and Reproductive Choices in Humanitarian and Marginalized Settings

Women and girls, particularly in humanitarian and marginalized settings, are facing multiple limitations in the ability to make sexual and reproductive health decisions for their bodily autonomy and well-being. These limitations include misinformation about sexual health, community social norms that eliminate support in the access to abortion and contraception, stigmatized healthcare delivery of abortion services, as well as nonexistent policies that promote access to abortion care.

With support from Global Affairs Canada, under the multi-country project – Improving Sexual and Reproductive Autonomy among Women and Girls in Nigeria, Ipas Nigeria Health Foundation has been working to remove these limitations at multiple levels in Benue, Borno, and Oyo States.

Standards and Guidelines for the Medical Management of Survivors of all forms of Violence Against Persons in Kebbi State, Nigeria

The birth of the VAPP Act 2015 paved the way for state assemblies to commence the process of domesticating it to contextual realities of their respective domains. Kebbi State achieved this on 27th of July 2022, when the Executive Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku...

Standards and Guidelines for Medical Management of Victims of Violence in Benue State

The enactment of the VAPP Act 2015 paved the way for state assemblies to begin the process of domesticating it to suit the contextual realities of their respective regions. Benue State achieved this on 28 May 2019, when Governor Samuel Ortom assented to the Bill,...

Standards and Guidelines for Medical Management of Victims of Violence in Akwa Ibom State

The Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act – VAPP Act enacted in 2015, is a bold move by the government to redefine the way gender-based violence is handled in Nigeria. First introduced to the National Assembly in 2002, several years of advocacy and lobbying by...

Akwa Ibom State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications

Maternal Mortality refers to death due to complications from pregnancy or childbirth. From the year 2000 to 2020, the Global Maternal Mortality ratio (MMR) declined by 34 percent from 339 deaths to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to UN inter-agency...

Benue State Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications

Globally, the maternal mortality ratio declined by 44 per cent between 1990 and 2015. The total number of maternal deaths around the world dropped from about 532,000 in 1990 to an estimated 303,000 in 2015. This equates to an estimated global maternal death ratio of...

Benue State Muslim Sermon Guide

In May 2019, the Benue State House of Assembly passed a significant law known as the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2019. Signed into law by the Governor of Benue State, it took effect on May 28, 2019. This legislation represents a vital milestone in the...

Benue State Christian Sermon Guide

In May 2019, the Benue State House of Assembly passed a significant law known as the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2019, which was signed by the Governor of Benue State and took effect on May 28, 2019. This law aims to prohibit forms of violence—whether...

National Family Planning On-the-Job Training Manual

Nigeria has a rapidly growing population, with current population estimates of over 180 million, out of which about 46 million are Women of Reproductive Age (WRA). With a total fertility rate (TFR) of 5.3 in NDHS 2018, low level of FP utilisation is a major factor in...

National Post Abortion Care On-the-Job Training Manual

Re-training medical professionals can be challenging for governments and partners alike, especially in resource constrained settings or non-mainstream subjects. The formal classroom training is costly and disrupts routine activities which further compounds access to...

Reproductive Justice: Crashing Maternal Mortality through reduced Unsafe Abortions

Despite abortion being legally restricted and permitted only to save a woman’s life, it remains widely practiced, often in unsafe conditions by untrained providers and quacks. Legal and policy barriers, limited access to safe abortion services, social stigma, inadequate reproductive health education, and pervasive social stigma drive many women to seek unsafe abortions. In the last 25 years, Ipas has built evidence showing the urgent need to save women’ life and crash maternal mortality. Yet, because safe abortion care remains hidden in secrecy and stigma, many women procure unsafe procedures, costing their lives and fueling preventable deaths.

Project Learning Brief – Strengthening Access, Availability and Distribution of MA Combipack Products in Nigeria

This learning brief showcases successes and gaps that require strengthening to overcome procurement barriers, supply-chain inefficiencies, and limited awareness among health providers as well as government stakeholders that continue to hinder access to MA Combipack...