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Leading With LARCs in Nigeria: The Stars Are Aligned to Expand Effective Family Planning Services Decisively

James D Shelton and Clea Finkle
Global Health: Science and Practice June 2016, 4(2):179-185; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-16-00135
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    TABLE Provision of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods by Selected Program Initiatives, Nigeria, 2015
    ProgramImplantsIUDsTotal LARCs
    BlueStar (Marie Stopes Nigeria)51,64313,81165,454
    Healthy Family Network (SFH)20,27353,90074,173
    DKT International sales15,96787,600103,567
    Mobile outreach (Marie Stopes Nigeria)53,7869,20062,986
    Family Health Plus (Marie Stopes Nigeria)222,70529,686252,391
    Total364,374194,197558,571
    • Abbreviations: IUDs, intrauterine devices; SFH, Society for Family Health; LARCs, long-acting reversible contraceptives.

      Source of data: For Marie Stopes Nigeria, personal communication with Anna Mackay, Deputy Director of SIFPO Project, Marie Stopes International; for SFH, personal communication with Peter Entonu, Associate Director of Social Franchise Unit, SFH; for DKT, sales report from December 2015.11

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    • THE VIRTUES OF LARCS—NIGERIA IS NO EXCEPTION
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