Medical experts have condemned the contraceptive commodity funding gap in Nigeria, which is estimated to be 27.4 million Dollars as at March 2025.
In a statement issued at the end of their conference recently, the medical experts, including the former Vice Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, Adesegun Fatusi drawn from academic and health institutions across the Country said; “while the federal government has initiated some efforts towards closing the gaps created by USAID’s withdrawal from Nigeria’s health system and related development field, the picture is not clear yet.”
Rising from a conference with the theme “The Impact of Family Planning on Socio-economic Development: New Evidence” organised by the Academy for Health Development (AHEAD) and the Family Planning Impact Consortium, medical experts lamented that “the withdrawal of USAID has significantly reduced contraceptive availability in Nigeria.”