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The Kwara State Government has stepped up efforts to tackle teenage pregnancy and child marriage as part of measures to improve maternal and child health outcomes, saying sustained investments in the health sector have begun to yield measurable results across the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-Imam, disclosed this on Saturday at the finalisation of the 2026 Joint Annual Review of the health sector in Ilorin.
She said the government, in collaboration with development partners, had rolled out several interventions to curb teenage pregnancy, end child marriage and strengthen access to quality healthcare.
El-Imam noted that community sensitisation campaigns, maternal health interventions and family planning programmes remained central to the state’s strategy for reducing early pregnancies and improving health indices.
