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