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.

Bi-Monthly Newsletter Nigeria July-August 2012

In this issue:

• The UN House Bomb Blast Remembered
• Commemoration
• Integrated Community Case Management
• Nigeria gets US$ 225 million to fight Malaria
• International Health Regulation
• WHO in brief

Okello Mobilises Rotary for Polio Eradication

The Representative of the World Health Organisation in Nigeria, Dr. David Okello has urged Rotary International not to relent in its advocacy and fund raising efforts to ensure that polio is eradicated from the world.

Dr. Okello who was the keynote speaker at the installation ceremony of District Governor of Rotary International District 9110 said Rotary’s commitment to the ongoing global polio eradication initiative is not in doubt.

WHO Briefs Development Partners on Polio

On Friday 29 June, 2012 -- World Health Organization Nigeria organized a polio briefing meeting for representatives of Development Partners in Abuja.

The objectives of the meeting were to provide updates on the current polio situation globally, and in Nigeria; seek additional engagement and support from DPs for Nigeria’s intensified polio eradication efforts, and to identify any opportunities with ongoing humanitarian and/or other relevant development efforts.

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