Nigeria WHO Country Office

The mission of the WHO Nigeria Country Office is to promote the attainment of the highest sustainable level of health by all people living in Nigeria through collaboration with the government and other partners in health development and the provision of technical and logistic support to country programmes.

Nigeria became a member of the World Health Organization in 1960 and signed the Basic Agreement in 1962. Over the last four decades therefore, WHO has worked in close collaboration with the Nigerian government, mainly with the Federal Ministry of Health, to establish a wide array of collaborative programmes.

The main WHO Country Office is located in the United Nations House, Abuja the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In addition, a network of offices has been established in each of the 36 states of the country and the FCT, to provide appropriate and accessible technical support to States and Local Government Areas (LGAs). This has improved collaboration with stakeholders and partners as well as the visibility of WHO at those levels.

WHO hands over 36 ILED Microscopes, Laboratory equipments, reagents and consumables worth $126,000 for expansion of Tuberculosis Diagnostic network to Federal Government of Nigeria on the occasion commemorating the 2013 World TB Day

Nigeria has joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2013 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.

The slogan for this year's campaign is ''Stop TB in my lifetime" while the theme is "Nigeria free of TB".  The event was held at the Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Abuja on Friday 22nd March 2013.

Nigeria Marks World Malaria Day 2013

...endorses Malaria Programme Review Declaration

The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the development and private partners commemorated the World Malaria Day 2013 with a run down of events to create awareness on malaria control efforts in the country.

The theme for the year "Invest in the future; Defeat Malaria" is a call to action for all stakeholders, hence the choice of the slogan "Time is Now."

Vaccination Team Innovates, Lays Ambush for Zero Dose

The Independent Monitoring Board for Global Polio Eradication Initiative once observed that "People are the crucial ingredient in this programme and need to be viewed as such".

The roles being played by people in polio eradication especially the vaccination teams as the bridge between vaccine availability on one side and the open mouths of eligible children on the other side cannot be over-emphasied.

Country Cooperation Strategy

Nigeria Country Cooperation Strategy 2008-2013 (783.21 kB)

Country Cooperation Strategy at a glance: Nigeria (261.77 kB)

 Statistics

 Nigeria Health statistics profile 2010 Overview

 Nigeria Statistical Health Factsheet 2010

Health Profile of Nigeria - 2006 (394.28 kB)

The WHO Representative to Nigeria is Dr Rui Miguel Vaz