Child Birth Spacing: Kebbi Advocacy Core Group Celebrates Creation Of Budget Line For Activities
Advocacy Core Group, a Child Birth Spacing Advocacy Working Group, has commended Kebbi state M inistry of Health and Ministry of Budget and Planning for creating a budget line for Child Birth Spacing (CBS) programme in the state. The body with approval for advocacy on sustainable funding for CBS in the state which started in 2015, supported by Pathfinder International, has finally hit a milestone on actualization of its key demand – the creation of a dedicated budget line for CBS activities. According to its statement issued on Tuesday 24th September 2019 at a work plan development workshop, also supported by Pathfinder International, the move made by the state government will be a game changer towards improving the state’s Contraceptive Prevalence Rate which currently stands at 3.2% as shown by the Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2018 report. “We would like to commend and appreciate the action of the government for taking a step towards increasing access to CBS services in th