Nigeria
Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa. It has a population of 186 million people and the third-largest youth population in the world. Life expectancy is 55 years for men and 56 years for women. Alleviating the overstretched national health system, the National Development Plan highlights the need to expand and enhance the primary health care (PHC) system to improve access to health services via the implementation of the PHC revitalization programme. The second National Strategic Health Development Plan 2017-2021 (NSHDPII), anchored in the National Health Policy 2016, focuses on 15 priority areas and aims to operationalize legal and policy frameworks for the PHC revitalization. Together with the government’s Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF), the implementation of PHC revitalization will be financed to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Nigeria joined the UHC Partnership in 2018 which supports the development and implementation of the sector UHC communication strategy in line with a national UHC agenda. It also assists in the operationalization of the national health strategy, strengthening health security and capacity building for health workers among other activities. You can access country documents by clicking here.
Technical Areas
Completed/Cancelled
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Develop UHC tracking strategy including UHC indicators that feed into the global indicators | A monitoring and evaluation system on UHC is established | Completed |
| Enhance capacity of SHIS in Edo | Completed | |
| Assess health workforce situation, assess staffing needs for efficient service delivery | Functional Health Workforce Registry in the three North East priority states(Abia,Niger and Osun) | Completed |
| Support establishment/strengthening of Coordination Units and TWGs for health financing | Functional Coordination units and TWGs for health financing at Federal and selected States. Improved knowledge of Health personnel on health financing and management at FMOH and State Ministries of Health | Completed |
| Patient safety including strengthening of Infection Prevention and Control, Antimicrobial resistance surveillance (health security) | Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines developed | Completed |
| Facilitate redistribution of staff based on staffing needs assessment | Completed | |
| Support development of Health Financing Policy & Strategy in selected states | Approved Health Financing Policy & Strategy in selected States | Completed |
| HRH management, redistribution and capacity building (health security) | Functional Health Workforce Registry in the three North East priority states(Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) | Completed |
| Review National Drug policy 2005 to incorporate emerging AMR needs | Approved National Drug Policy | Completed |
| Support Health Account Studies at Federal and State levels | Approved National/State(Abia,Niger,Osun) Health Accounts 2017 | Completed |
| Strengthening the Health Information System Governance/coordination structures (Borno,Adamawa,Yobe) | Functional Health Data Governance Council and Health Data Coordination Committee; M&E plan | Completed |
| Strengthen reporting system for blood transfusion in Nigeria | DHIS-2 module for blood reporting & Blood Regulatory framework | Completed |
| Facilitate the generation of evidence to advance reprioritization to increase allocation and releases to the health sector. | Finalized fiscal space analysis for Federal and 2 States . Approved National and Sub-National Business and Investment Cases for UHC | Completed |
| Support NPHCDA LAB Task team to review, harmonize and update laboratory data tools & Laboratory Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) manual | Revised Preventive Maintennace Manual | Completed |
| Support, coordination and policy dialogue within the health sector for development and implementation of the humanitarian/development nexus and Institutional systems reforms including IHR (health security) | Functional Humanitarian Development Nexus(HDN) Coordination Forum in the three North East priority States (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) | Completed |
| Support training of relevant personnel on UHC and Management | Completed | |
| Operationalization of the national health strategy (support operational planning) to include early recovery strategy (health security) | HDN actions incooperated in the 2019 Annual Health Sector Operational Plans and Humanitarian Response Plan for the three North East priority States (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) | Completed |
| Development of National Strategic Plan II Annual Operational Planning guidelines | Approved Annual Operational Planning Guidelines | Completed |
| Support for the implementation of the national essential package of health services (health security) | Revised State package of essential health services inclusive of a range of services to address humanitarian needs in line with the National essential package of health services | Completed |
Details
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Quality and safety of health services delivery strengthened at all levels of care | Quality and safety of health services delivery strengthened at all levels of care | Ongoing |
| Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Support the development and review of appropriate benefit package for health insurance and contributory schemes | Ongoing |
| Lab capacity for emerging and re emerging diseases strengthened | Support Lab diagnostic capacity strengthening through training & procurement | Ongoing |
| Improved availability of essential interventions for Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health | Improved availability of essential interventions for Non-communicable Diseases and Mental Health | Ongoing |
| Improved governance and stewardship of pharmaceutical services and other health technologies including Sector Policies, Strategies, Plans, Standards, Norms, Guidelines for Essential Medicines, Blood and Blood Products, Tra | Improved governance and stewardship of pharmaceutical services and other health technologies including Sector Policies, Strategies, Plans, Standards, Norms, Guidelines for Essential Medicines, Blood and Blood Products, Tra | Ongoing |
| Strenghten pharmacovigilance, post marketing survellance and good procurment and supply chain practices | Strenghten pharmacovigilance, post marketing survellance and good procurment and supply chain practices | Ongoing |
| Adequate domestic revenue generation for health from public and private sources in Nigeria including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to achieve Abuja declaration | Adequate domestic revenue generation for health from public and private sources in Nigeria including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to achieve Abuja declaration | Ongoing |
| Improved governance and stewardship of pharmaceutical services and other health technologies including Sector Policies, Strategies, Plans, Standards, Norms, Guidelines for Essential Medicines, Blood and Blood Products, Tra | Develop/review policies, strategic plans & guidelines for Essential medicines, Blood and Blood Products, Traditional medicines and Diagnostics products | Ongoing |
| Strenghten pharmacovigilance, post marketing survellance and good procurment and supply chain practices | Revise current pharmacovigilance policy and regulation and support PV and PMS activities in the country | Ongoing |
| Adequate domestic revenue generation for health from public and private sources in Nigeria including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to achieve Abuja declaration | Support the expansion of the BHCPF beyond 1% of CRF of government to include other sources | Ongoing |
| Strengthened health financing equity and investment governance and coordination structures including policy and strategies | Strengthened health financing equity and investment governance and coordination structures including policy and strategies | Ongoing |
| Quality data generation, management and use for decision making | Quality data generation, management and use for decision making | Ongoing |
| Adequate domestic revenue generation for health from public and private sources in Nigeria including the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund to achieve Abuja declaration | Advocate for increased government annual appropriation for health | Ongoing |
| Strengthened health financing equity and investment governance and coordination structures including policy and strategies | Establish functional Health Financing coordination platforms, Units, TWGs | Ongoing |
| Strengthen regulation of all medical products including Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines | Strengthen regulation of all medical products including Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines | Ongoing |
| Capacity building for analysis and presentation of morbidity and mortality data and UHC indicators of access, coverage and quality and development of national health observatory | Capacity building for analysis and presentation of morbidity and mortality data and UHC indicators of access, coverage and quality and development of national health observatory | Ongoing |
| Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Ongoing |
| Second National Strategic Health development Plan Implemented | Second National Strategic Health development Plan Implemented | Ongoing |
| HRH management and planning strengthened | HRH management and planning strengthened | Ongoing |
| Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Develop legal and operational frameworks for establishment and consolidation of fund pools | Ongoing |
| Second National Strategic Health development Plan Implemented | TA & Support for the Annual Operational Planning at federal & selected States | Ongoing |
| Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Effective and sustainable pooling of fund for coverage of Nigerians on prepayment schemes expanded through National and State Health Insurance Schemes | Ongoing |
| Lab capacity for emerging and re emerging diseases strengthened | Lab capacity for emerging and re emerging diseases strengthened | Ongoing |
Events
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