Background: Contraception is an aged long practice that involves the use of medication, surgery, specific procedures and behaviors to avoid pregnancy. Globally, contraceptive prevalence rate which is the number one problem of women of reproductive age which take a natural or mode...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2025/v23i61241
Background: Implanon subdermal implant has been in use for contraception in our centre for over a decade; hence we decided to evaluate its usage so as to improve services. Objectives: To determine the acceptance, efficacy and side effects among users of Implanon in the Universi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40017
Background: Unplanned pregnancies are on the increase in Nigeria, and there is enough evidence that family planning can drastically reduce the incidence of unplanned/unwanted pregnancies which could invariably bring to the barest minimum the upsurge of maternal mortality and infa...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37743
Background: Progestogen-only injectable contraceptive (POIC) is a reversible and widely accepted contraceptive method. In an earlier study in the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, it was the contraceptive method of choice for the clients; a recent review however show...
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Research Article10.9734/AJMAH/2017/32120
Aims: Reproductive behavior of couples, are important for health authorities for planning and policy making. Periodic national surveys, as well as an annual report are being made by the health administrators in every province. Study Design: A cross- sectional study. Place and Dur...
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