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No one should be denied healthcare because of empty shelves

We reduce unintended pregnancies and maternal deaths in Nigeria by ensuring contraceptives are available in public health facilities.

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The Problem

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For every 12 maternal deaths worldwide, 1 of them is a woman in Nigeria who did not want to be pregnant in the first place.

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Contraceptives save lives and give women the autonomy they deserve. However, despite major investments in public health facilities, staff, and training to provide family planning services, women often arrive at public clinics only to find contraceptives out of stock.​

80%

of public health facilities face multiple contraceptive shortages every two months

Our Work

Our approach combines government technical support with direct delivery of contraceptives to ensure women receive the support they need.

Policy Work

We enable state governments to fund and sustain contraceptive procurement

Technical Assistance

We build data systems that help direct contraceptives where they are needed most within the existing supply chain

Direct Delivery

We fill immediate gaps to guarantee women can access contraception today.

Our Impact

From September 2024 to May 2025, we conducted a rigorous pilot across 137 public health facilities in 2 states across Northern Nigeria, resulting in

75%

average increase in contraceptive use

360

unintended pregnancies averted

2

lives saved

We are expanding our direct delivery work to cover all of Katsina State continuously. We expect that the impact of our current project will be

22,000

additional years of contraceptive protection

7,100

unintended pregnancies averted

43

lives saved

Meet The Team

Miri Muntean

Co-founder & Co-Executive Director

Evan LaForge

Co-founder & Co-Executive Director

We graduated from Ambitious Impact’s Charity Entrepreneurship Incubation Program in April 2024, and received a seed grant to start Access to Medicines Initiative.

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Access to Medicines Initiative is a registered nonprofit organization (EIN: 99-2821046) with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under section 501(c)(3).

Access to Medicines Initiative also has a fiscal sponsorship agreement with with Players Philanthropy Fund (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp), a Maryland charitable trust with federal tax-exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3).

Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
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