As the world celebrates World Population Day, on July 11, Uganda will dwell on reigning in her skyrocketing population.

In 1968, world leaders proclaimed that individuals have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and timing of their children.

ENUGU-DISTURBED by the high rate of teenage pregnancy in the society, women of Mgbuji community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State have made a by-law to check cases of unwanted pregnancy among the natives.

More than a decade after Nigeria began a campaign for improved reproductive healthcare delivery, authorities of the Federal Ministry of Health said the country is yet make significant progress in its efforts to reduce deaths at child birth.

On the eve of World Population Day, a new World Bank report says that despite a huge increase in contraception globally, 51 million unintended pregnancies in developing countries occur every year to women not using contraception. Another 25 million pregnancies