Lagos: TECHz – News Desk
GoMed Nigeria, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and the Lagos State Government, has launched a comprehensive digital Self-Care Platform for students at the University of Lagos.
This initiative provides young individuals with streamlined and private access to essential health products, verified medical information, and professional healthcare support. Young Nigerians currently experience some of the highest rates of unintended pregnancy and an unmet need for contraception globally.
Significant barriers, including high costs, physical distance, social stigma, widespread misinformation, and fears regarding confidentiality, routinely prevent students from seeking essential reproductive guidance. These obstacles often lead to severe consequences such as unsafe abortions, the spread of sexually transmitted infections, and prematurely interrupted education. The Self-Care Platform is specifically engineered to dismantle each of these societal and logistical barriers.
Through the newly introduced digital platform, students receive free contraceptives and other critical sexual and reproductive health commodities provided directly by the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the UNFPA. The system also offers exclusive student discounts on broader health essentials, coupled with fast and discreet delivery services directed strictly to the university campus and student hostels.
Students can seamlessly access trusted reproductive health information via the integrated UNFPA SoftLife 247 and U-Plan platforms. Utilizing U-Plan, users are able to chat directly with qualified Family Planning Service Providers to acquire highly accurate medical information and safely address their personal concerns. Additionally, students can engage with registered GoMed pharmacists for confidential, judgment-free consultations regarding medications and related health products.
This strategic partnership significantly advances the core objective of the UNFPA to end the unmet need for family planning by directly addressing the logistical last-mile challenge, effectively bridging the gap between the availability of free health commodities and their practical, private delivery to the youth.
