Background: Menstruation has more profound effect on quality of education than other aspect of puberty because it involves a learning component as well as elements affected by the school environment and infrastructure. It is, therefore, imperative to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Secondary School girls in Ogbomoso on the subject of menstruation and menstrual hygiene.Methods: It was a cross-sectional study carried out between June and August 2016. A total of 447 eligible female adolescent secondary school students were selected by multistage sampling technique. A semi-structured facilitated self- administered questionnaire was used.Results: Majority (96.4%) of the adolescents have heard about menstruation before menarche while 55.9% had good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Despite the high level of knowledge, about 64% of the respondents describe their response to their first menses as scary, discomforting or emotionally disturbing. Also, only 25% of the respondents had good menstrual hygiene practice. Factors that were significantly associated with good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene in this study were older adolescent age (15-19 years) (χ2=47.68, P<0.0001); adolescents whose mothers have greater than secondary school education (χ2=42.52, P<0.0001); and those living with their parents (χ2=123.9 ,P=0.001)  while only living with parents significantly influenced good practices.Conclusions: The study concluded that majority of the adolescents do not observe good hygienic practice during menstruation despite relatively good knowledge of menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Efforts have to be put into ensuring that adolescents are well educated on the meaning of menstruation, the importance of good hygienic practice both in schools and at home.

Background: Traditionally, majority of the family planning services and campaigns focus on women without much consideration given to their male partners. In our society, there is bias, myth and misconception about vasectomy, this has resulted in a significant reduction in the willingness of men to seek vasectomy as a means of family planning. This study aims to identify the level of awareness and acceptance of male sterilization among men in Ogbomoso, south west Nigeria. Methods:This study was a cross sectional survey carried out among men in Ogbomoso, participation was voluntary and three hundred men had the questionnaires complete and suitable for analysis.Result: This study revealed a high level of awareness of family planning methods among men in Ogbomoso. However, less than half of these men agreed that men should be involved in family planning despite a higher number of the respondents being aware of vasectomy as a means of contraception. The common reasons for not accepting of vasectomy varied from preference for other methods of contraception, cultural taboos, religious sentiments, similarity to castration , fear for surgery and surgical complications. Conclusion:Renewed effort has to be made which will be aimed at improving the level of information about vasectomy in the public domain especially by the media and health care workers. This effort should also be targeted at religious organizations, clerics and traditional institutions this is because most of these misconceptions have deep rooted religious and cultural sentiments. This can also be achieved by ensuring synergy between government, non governmental organizations,advocacy groups,traditional and religious rulers. Resume Objectif: Traditionnellement, la majorité des services et des campagnes de planification familiale sont axés sur les femmes, sans considération pour leurs partenaires masculins. Dans notre société, il y a des préjugés, des mythes et des idées fausses à propos de la vasectomie, ce qui a entraîné une réduction significative de la volonté des hommes à rechercher la vasectomie comme moyen de planification familiale. Cette étude vise à identifier le niveau de sensibilisation et d'acceptation de la stérilisation masculine chez les hommes à Ogbomoso, au sud-ouest du Nigeria. Keywords Méthodes:Cette étude était une enquête transversale réalisée chez des hommes à Ogbomoso, la participation était volontaire et trois cent hommes avaient rempli les questionnaires et pouvaient être analysés.Résultat: Cette étude a révélé un haut niveau de sensibilisation aux méthodes de planification familiale chez les hommes à Ogbomoso. Cependant, moins de la moitié de ces hommes étaient d'accord pour dire que les hommes devraient être impliqués dans la planification familiale, même si un plus grand nombre de répondants étaient conscients de la vasectomie comme moyen de contraception. Les raisons communes pour ne pas accepter la vasectomie variaient de la préférence pour d'autres méthodes de contraception, les tabous culturels, les sentiments religie...

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