Background and purpose: The dual problems of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections/Human Immunodeficiency virus together represent one of the most significant public health challenges globally, particularly amongst youths in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the simultaneous use of two contraceptives, dual method contraception (DMC), is highly effective in preventing these problems, our understanding of the use of DMC is limited in developing country contexts. Thus, this study sets out to assess the correlates and barriers of DMC use amongst youths in Nigeria.
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) involves the non-therapeutic partial or complete removal of external female genitalia for nonmedical reasons but largely due to cultural, religious and social reasons. Besides the obvious physical agony experienced by women subjected to FGM/C, the practice of FGM/C is still endemic in about 29 countries in Africa, Asia and Middle East, and worldwide due to international migration. Over 200 million are affected, 3 million girls and women stand the risk of undergoing FGM/C annually and more recent statistics show that 15 million girls are at risk of undergoing FGM/C by 2020 in the absence of apt intervention.An understanding of the drivers of FGM/C is an invaluable first step at ending the crisis, so we highlighted the drivers of this age-long practice and expounded creditable interventions amongst home-based and foreign-based indigenes of communities where FGM/C is highly prevalent. Subsequently, we propose that interventions must be comprehensive and holistic and context-relevant.
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