PHOTO:AFP The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, on Wednesday said that most unwanted pregnancies did not originate from contraceptive-failure but user-failure of contraceptives Adewole, also a Gynaecologist, was reacting to complaints over the rate of contraceptive failure, alleged to have led to a high rate of unwanted pregnancies in the country. The minister speaking with the news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) described contraceptives as methods, devices or drugs that could prevent pregnancy (conception). He said that for every one, there was an appropriate method of application. According to him, there are different methods of using contraceptives: the use of hormone medications, intrauterine contraceptive devices, barrier contraception, periods of abstaining from sex, and sterilization. “Contraceptive-failure, if you use it well, rarely fails. Very rarely will an unwanted pregnancy come from contraceptive-failure; it comes from user-failure. “A...
