The Federal Government has unveiled major national health strategies and data tools designed to strengthen planning, resource allocation, performance measurement and service delivery across the country.
The launch was announced in a communiqué issued on Friday, and signed by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, following the 2025 Health Sector–Wide Joint Annual Review.
The meeting, held from November 12 to 14 in Abuja, took place amid growing demand for improved health outcomes, more reliable data systems and urgent reforms to strengthen primary health care functionality and health security.
The communiqué stated that the launch of national products and strategies forms an integrated ecosystem that helps improve planning, resource allocation, performance measurement and service delivery.
The products and strategies include “the data Plans, Tools & Reports (Health Sector Strategic Blueprint, National Health Facility Registry, National Health Management Information System Assessment, Multi-Source Data Analytics and Triangulation, Larval Source Management) to strengthen data quality, visibility and coordination; the National Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care Facility Readiness Assessment Report, providing Nigeria’s most comprehensive evaluation of emergency obstetric and newborn capacity; the Climate and Health National Adaptation Plan, advancing resilience against climate-driven health risks.
“The Second National Action Plan for Health Security, strengthening outbreak preparedness and response; the Nigeria Collaborative Action Strategy, integrating campaigns under ‘One Plan. One Campaign. One Frontline,’ and the Mini-DHS Framework, enabling annual, high-fidelity outcome measurement to track progress toward National Health Sector Renewal and Investment Initiative goals.”
The three-day meeting, chaired by the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, alongside the Minister of State for Health, Iziaq Salako, convened nearly 1,000 participants.
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