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Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Dec 02, 2025

Nigeria: Early health preparedness protects families during seasonal floods in Adamawa State

The anticipatory response focused on preventing malaria, cholera and other flood-related diseases, while ensuring continuity of essential health services for displaced and vulnerable populations

In flood-prone Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria, early health preparedness helped protect thousands of vulnerable people from preventable disease outbreaks during the 2025 rainy season. Through a government-led intervention coordinated by the Adamawa State Ministry of Health (SMOH) with technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO), health teams were deployed…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Dec 02, 2025

Nigeria Launches First National Antimicrobial Resistance Survey

The country was selected based on its strong commitment to AMR surveillance, its updated WHO Nigeria NAP 2.0, and readiness to expand laboratory and data systems

Nigeria has launched its first nationally representative survey on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), marking a milestone in the country’s public health response. Supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, the initiative will generate critical data to guide evidence-based policies, improve patient outcomes, and strengthen health system resilience. The Federal…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Nov 06, 2025

Nigeria, World Health Organization (WHO) and Partners Reaffirm Commitment to End All Forms of Polio by 2030

The 2025 Measles–Rubella and Polio Vaccination Campaign aims to immunise over 106 million children, making it one of Africa’s largest immunisation efforts

Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, is intensifying efforts to eradicate all forms of polio by 2030 through government leadership, community engagement, and targeted vaccination campaigns. Renewed Commitment on World Polio Day Every year on 24 October, the global community reaffirms its commitment to eradicating poliomyelitis—a disease that…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Oct 28, 2025

Nigeria reviews mpox guidelines and boosts community awareness to reduce transmission

WHO is supporting the process by sharing global best practices and technical expertise to guide national adaptation and strengthen implementation

Nigeria is taking significant steps to strengthen its national response to mpox by updating its clinical management guidelines, improving referral and data systems, and expanding public awareness to prevent community transmission. Mpox remains a public health threat in Nigeria, with ongoing transmission since 2017. In 2024, 189 confirmed cases were…

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Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Oct 23, 2025

Nigeria advances nursing and midwifery reforms to strengthen health workforce

Nurses and midwives make up over half of Nigeria’s health workforce, vital for maternal, newborn, and child health, emergency response, and community outreach

Nigeria's government launched a national strategy to strengthen nursing and midwifery, aiming to expand access to quality health services and accelerate progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Nigeria Strategic Directions for Nursing and Midwifery (NSDNM) 2025–2030 details reforms to enhance the training, deployment, and performance of nurses and midwives.…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Oct 17, 2025

Nigeria accelerating action to expand Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (HIV) prevention options with long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

The exercise reviewed existing delivery platforms, assessed readiness for implementing multiple PrEP options, and provided evidence to guide national planning

Nigeria is accelerating its efforts to eradicate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Until recently, HIV prevention primarily depended on daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). The introduction of long-acting injectable PrEP is expected to broaden access, provide more options, and help bridge prevention gaps — supporting both national…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Oct 15, 2025

Nigeria intensifies fight against vaccine-preventable diseases with nationwide measles–rubella and polio campaign

The campaign delivers measles–rubella, polio vaccines, and HPV vaccination, to close immunity gaps and protect children and adolescents from life-threatening diseases

The Government of Nigeria has launched a nationwide integrated vaccination campaign targeting more than 106 million people across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The campaign delivers measles–rubella, polio vaccines, and HPV vaccination, to close immunity gaps and protect children and adolescents from life-threatening diseases. Led by the…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Oct 07, 2025

Nigeria launches large-scale vaccination campaign to protect 106 million children against measles, rubella and polio

The initiative responds to persistent outbreaks of circulating variant poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) as well as measles and rubella outbreaks in Nigeria and across the Lake Chad Basin

Nigeria is rolling out one of the largest integrated vaccination campaigns in its history, aiming to protect around 106 million children against measles, rubella and poliomyelitis. The nationwide initiative will combine multiple vaccines and child health services in a single drive, ensuring efficient delivery to children across the country. The…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Sep 14, 2025

National Policy Dialogue: Shaping the Future of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nigeria

WHO presented a technical paper outlining its Framework for Multisectoral Collaboration and Accountability, a tool designed to help countries develop and implement effective adolescent health programmes

Nigeria is prioritizing adolescent health, well-being and development through multisectoral collaboration, in line with the National Health Sector Strategic blueprint and National policy on Health and development of Adolescent and young people. This was the central message of the National Policy Dialogue on the Future of the Adolescent and Youth…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Nigeria | Aug 28, 2025

Benue State, World Health Organization (WHO) expands Lassa Fever response with community-level outreach campaigns

WHO continues to support the Government of Nigeria to strengthen surveillance, improve case management, and drive risk communication at national and subnational levels

Lassa fever continues to pose a major public health challenge in Nigeria and across West Africa. Between 1 January and 10 August 2025, Nigeria reported more than 6939 suspected cases, including 849 confirmed cases and 159 deaths. Globally, Lassa fever remains a recurring epidemic threat in West Africa, with countries…

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