Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nigeria

Nigeria is the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa. It also has a very young population. The majority of the population is below the age of 25 years, with 22 percent of the country s population between the ages of 10-19 years. Data on sexua...

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Main Authors:	Cortez, Rafael, Saadat, Seemeen, Marinda, Edmore, Oluwole, Odutolu
Format:	Publications & Research
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABORTION ABORTION CARE ABORTIONS ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO SERVICES ADOLESCENCE ADOLESCENT ADOLESCENT FERTILITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT HEALTH ADOLESCENT MOTHERS ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR ADOLESCENT WOMEN ADOLESCENTS AGE AT MARRIAGE AGE GROUPS AGED ANEMIA AVERAGE AGE CHILD MORTALITY CHILD RIGHTS CONDOMS CONTRACEPTIVE KNOWLEDGE CONTRACEPTIVES DANGERS DOCTOR EARLY MARRIAGE EARLY MARRIAGES EARLY PREGNANCIES EARLY SEXUAL DEBUT EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILY HEALTH FEMALE FEMALE CONDOMS FERTILITY RATE FIRST SEXUAL INTERCOURSE FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER GENDER POLICY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITY HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SURVEYS HIV HIV EDUCATION HIV PREVENTION HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS HIV/AIDS HOSPITALS HUMAN CAPITAL INDUCED ABORTION INTERVENTION KNOWLEDGE OF CONTRACEPTION LIFE SKILLS LIVE BIRTHS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALE CONDOMS MARRIED ADOLESCENT WOMEN MATERNAL DEATHS MATERNAL HEALTH MATERNAL HEALTH CARE MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO MEDICINE MEDICINE VENDORS MIGRANT MIGRANT POPULATIONS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MODERN CONTRACEPTION MORBIDITY NATAL CARE NATIONAL POLICY NATIONAL POPULATION NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY NEGATIVE EFFECTS NUTRITION OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS OBSTETRIC PERFORMANCE OLDER WOMEN PEER EDUCATION PEER EDUCATORS PILLS POPULATION COMMISSION POPULATION KNOWLEDGE POPULOUS COUNTRY PREGNANCY PREVALENCE PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVACY PROMISCUITY PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES QUALITY OF CARE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH POLICY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES RESPECT RHYTHM METHOD RIGHTS TO HEALTH RISK OF DEATH RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SCHOOL HEALTH SCHOOL HEALTH POLICY SCHOOL STUDENTS SCHOOLS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SELF-IMAGE SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SEXUALLY ACTIVE SEXUALLY ACTIVE ADOLESCENTS SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALES SEXUALLY ACTIVE GIRLS SINGLE PARENTS SKILLED ATTENDANCE SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE SLUM DWELLERS SOCIAL ATTITUDES STD TEEN TEENAGE PREGNANCIES TEENAGE YEARS TEENAGERS TRADITIONAL HEALERS UNINTENDED PREGNANCY UNMARRIED ADOLESCENTS UNMARRIED GIRLS UNWANTED PREGNANCIES USE OF CONDOMS USE OF CONTRACEPTION USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES WOMEN'S HEALTH YOUNG GIRLS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNGER ADOLESCENTS YOUTH YOUTH FRIENDLY SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/03/24161038/adolescent-sexual-reproductive-health-nigeria http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21626