Over 3.9m women, girls need reproductive health services in North East — UNFPA

UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says more than 2.3 million girls and 1.6 million women need reproductive health services in the north east.

Country representative, Dr Eugene Kongnyuy, revealed that no fewer than 7.1 million women were affected by the insurgency in the region.

Kongnyuy said there were untold millions of women affected by war and disasters that were cut off from reproductive health services globally.

The representative added that there are more than 214 million women globally who want to prevent pregnancy but are not using modern methods of contraceptive.

He said UNFPA was working assiduously to ensure that every young person’s potential was fulfilled and every girl and woman was treated with dignity and respect.