GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILENIGERIAMEASURESPARENTING FOR LIFELONG HEALTH INITIATIVE
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Parenting for Lifelong Health Initiative
Type of Measure
Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
2012
Brief Description

The Parenting for Lifelong Health initiative, supported by UNICEF and the Nigerian Ministry of Health, encourages non-violent discipline and positive interactions within families. This initiative primarily targets parents and caregivers in low-income and rural areas, and aims to equip parents and caregivers with the tools and knowledge to foster positive child-parent relationships and promote healthy child development.

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