Enhancing Management of EPI Programs through Strategic Use of Data in Bayelsa, Katsina, & Kebbi States

Context Despite global immunization success, Nigeria faces challenges with suboptimal coverage, with an estimated 6.2 million children missing routine vaccines between 2019 and 2021. Various demand and supply-side factors impact the uptake of vaccines. Some of the challenges noted on the supply side include weak Leadership, Management, and Coordination (LMC), particularly, limited data-driven decision-making and […]

Using Community Birth Data to Target Immunization in a Conflict-Affected Area

In Northwestern Nigeria, internal displacement resulting from ongoing terrorism and environmental challenges, such as drought, has made it difficult to accurately estimate the number of children who need immunization and other essential health services. In such fragile and conflict-affected settings, reliable community birth data is essential for demographic estimation, equitable planning, and effective service delivery. […]

Enumeration of Under 2, 5, and Women of Child-Bearing Age

Context The dependence on Nigeria’s projected population from the 2006 census for planning the health system— which does not give a realistic figure— has led to inefficient planning, distribution, and monitoring of health programs and, consequently, health outcomes. The availability of accurate data is essential to the success of health and administrative programs. Failure to […]

When the Donors Leave: The Urgent Call for Homegrown Financing Solutions

  For decades, Nigeria has relied on official development assistance to implement health intervention programs ranging from routine immunization to providing life-saving HIV treatment. But there has always been a potential threat of funding cuts and freezes to the sustainability of such interventions and if that happens, then what? This is no longer a hypothetical […]