Improving Youth Reproductive Health in Northern Nigeria Project- YOUTH ACCESS

“Improving Youth Reproductive Health in Northern Nigeria (Y-ACCESS)” project is a capacity strengthening and reproductive health improvement project targeting adolescents and young people (aged 10 – 24 years) for demand, uptake and delivery of comprehensive youth friendly reproductive health (RH) services. The goal of the project is to contribute to the reduction of the impact of poverty and improve the reproductive health status of adolescents and young people in the project states. The purpose of the project is to scale-up the availability and access to comprehensive reproductive health services for adolescents and young people. To achieve this, the project is: • strengthening the capacity of health service providers to provide quality and comprehensive reproductive health services to adolescents and young people, • improving knowledge and skills of adolescents and young people, to access reproductive health information and services • as well as improving social, financial and policy environment that enable young people exercise their rights in accessing reproductive health information and services Young people (aged 10-24 years) are direct beneficiaries on the project and other secondary beneficiaries are health care workers (from both formal and informal sectors), community gatekeepers and policy/decision makers at state and LGA levels. ;