Background Kids & Teens Resource Centre, a non-government organisation working in the SRHR space in Nigeria conducted a situational analysis into the current status of Adolescents and Young Persons (AYPS) in Ondo State with a view to ascertaining the SRH challenges in various communities across Ondo state. This research also aimed at engaging AYPs in order to understand their knowledge, attitudes and practices as it pertains to sexual and reproductive health.

Methods A qualitative methodology was adopted for this study, using focus group discussions and key informant interviews. There were 18 FGDs and 101 KIIs conducted in all, during the primary research phase and desk research was conducted during the secondary research phase. In total, over 200 individual respondents were reached for this analysis.

Results 20% of girls and women aged 10 to 24 in Ondo have undergone some degree of genital mutilation, Ondo state has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in the South West with about 20 percent of young women from ages 13 to 19, four percent of young women aged 15 to 19 are married against their wish. And the policy environment has not been too friendly especially with implementation.

Conclusion Social mobilization advocacy for community stakeholders, including traditional and religious leaders.

Engaging AYPs to ensure that they are at the centre of any policies or intervention formulated for them.

Youth friendly centers should be built in every LGA and trained personals be put in those centres to attend to AYPSRHR.

Disclosure No significant relationships.