The current cohort of Nigerian youth is the largest ever. To contribute their full social and economic potential, young people need the knowledge and skills to make the right choices about when to have to sex and how to protect themselves from infection and unintended pregnancies. The reproductive health challenges Nigerian youth face are similar to those of young people in many other African countries: high rates of teen pregnancy, high and rising rates of HIV infection, early marriage for young girls, malnutrition, and harmful traditional practices such as female genital cutting. Increasingly, policymakers are acknowledging the link between better.
