A reproductive health expert has predicted that Nigeria will begin to see unplanned COVID-19 babies from November 2020.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a Senior Faculty with the University of Jos and JUTH, Josiah Mutihir, said the need for family planning does not disappear during a pandemic and therefore should not be ignored or neglected.
Mutihir said: “Covid-19 has also had a negative impact on access to family planning information, and services. The other side of the pandemic is the accompanying preventive measures that necessitate the restriction of movement, and the stay home order culminating in partial or total lockdowns. Families are compelled to stay home, day and night for periods of between one to 12 weeks depending of the country or state. This has brought the husband and wife or spouses face to face for long periods. Idleness has set in and increased sexual desires and activity result.
Where the woman is not protected, unwanted pregnancy is the likely outcome in most instances where the woman is still in the reproductive age and is not on any method of contraception.
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