UNILAG students can now get free contraceptives delivered to campus
GoMed Nigeria, UNFPA, and Lagos State have launched a digital platform offering free sexual and reproductive health products and discreet delivery to University of Lagos students.
University of Lagos (UNILAG) students can now order free contraceptives and other sexual health products for discreet delivery directly to their hostels through a new digital platform launched by GoMed Nigeria in partnership with UNFPA and the Lagos State Government.
The platform, announced on 5 August 2026, gives students access to free sexual and reproductive health (SRH) commodities supplied through the Lagos State Ministry of Health and UNFPA, alongside exclusive discounts on other health essentials and fast, confidential delivery to campus locations.
The initiative directly targets barriers that often prevent young people from seeking care, including cost, distance, stigma, misinformation, and confidentiality concerns, according to a press release summarising the launch. Beyond physical products, the platform connects students to trusted SRH information via UNFPA’s SoftLife 247 and U-Plan digital channels, where they can chat directly with qualified family planning service providers for accurate information and support.
GoMed’s own layer adds access to registered pharmacists who offer confidential, judgment-free guidance on medicines and health products. The startup works with licensed local pharmacies as fulfillment partners, embedding the service within existing regulated pharmacy infrastructure rather than operating from an unlicensed warehouse.
This is the initial rollout, limited to UNILAG for now, but the partners intend to use it as a foundation to extend the model to more university communities across Lagos State and Nigeria. A LinkedIn post by GoMed Nigeria earlier in June 2026 had already framed this under its GoMed Student Health Initiative, designed to help students access essential healthcare products easily, privately, and conveniently from their campuses.
The partnership brings together a local digital health platform, a UN agency, and state government health authorities, offering a template for how Nigerian healthtechs can plug into public health systems and donor-funded SRH programmes. It also reinforces a growing trend of healthtech moving aggressively into student markets, a segment that has historically been an early adopter base for fintech and edtech products in Nigeria.
