About the WHO Nigeria Country Office
The WHO Nigeria Country Office works towards 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.
Structure
The main WHO Country Office is located in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In addition, WHO has 37 offices in each of the 36 states of the country and the FCT which provide technical support to States and Local Government Areas (LGAs). This network of WHO Offices has enabled the Organisation to be timely responsive to health needs across the Federation which has also contributed to improvement of collaboration with partners and other stakeholders.
The WHO Representative provides leadership on the overall direction of WHO core operations in Nigeria while ensuring that the enabling functions requisite to supporting this are in place and fully functional.
Acting WHO Country Representative
Dr. Alex Gasasira is a public health physician with experience in supporting country-led, coordinated action for sustainable development, with a particular focus on health and well-being. He is recognized for his leadership in driving organizational change and capacity building in support of public health initiatives aimed at health system strengthening, accelerated disease control, health promotion and enhanced health security. Prior to his current role as WHO Representative ad interim to Nigeria, he held roles of increasing responsibility within WHO including Director, Office of the WHO Regional Director for Africa (2023–2025); WHO Representative to Zimbabwe (2018–2022) and WHO Representative to Liberia (2015–2018). Dr. Gasasira has co-authored over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is the recipient of several awards recognizing his commitment to health equity, emergency response, and immunization leadership.