Our Model
Through targeted activities and projects across our key program areas, our work has covered 32 states in Nigeria and reached 10 countries
Mainstreaming AMR education in secondary schools and health facilities to build lifelong prevention habits among youth and health workers
- Established AMR Clubs in 30 schools in 2 states
- 2,000 students engaged as youth Health Champions
- 161% increase in AMR knowledge
- Students reached 8,332 people in their homes, schools, and communities
- Youth-led AMR education in markets, schools, hospitals and farms reached 29,358 people directly in 10 states across all 6 geopolitical zones
- Media campaigns conducted on local radio and TV
- 465 community members, 280 students, and 150 patent and proprietary medicine vendors in 10 communities equipped
- Improved AMR knowledge XXX and strengthened responsible dispensing practices among local medicine vendors
Equipping individuals to become Health Champions who work closely with their local authorities to promote healthy behaviors, prevent illnesses, and quickly detect diseases
- Trained and equipped 126 Food Safety Officers across 11 Local Government Areas in Oyo State
- Overall 56% increase in knowledge of food safety monitoring and enforcement
- 2,089 community members trained on infectious disease prevention, detection, reporting, and response
- Health Champions detected and reported 30 suspected cases of infectious diseases (m-pox, measles, chickenpox, cholera and acute flaccid paralysis) within 3 months
- 3 seasons of health education programming aired on 2 radio stations reaching 2 large metropolitan areas
- Topics: hygiene, disease prevention, patient safety
- 1,128,606 listeners tuned in
Embedding youth and civil society in health governance structures to strengthen preparedness and response systems, making them more inclusive and data-driven
- 13 Emergency Management Teams established at Points of Entry in 9 states
- 6,162 border community residents equipped for disease detection, notification and escalation: market women, transport workers
- 61% knowledge increase among trainees
- 24 epidemiology and surveillance professionals trained on pandemic modeling using R software.
- Data analysis skills improved from 50% to 75%
- Mpox data backlog of over 4 million rows of data cleared using R
- Time-series data identified disease hotspots
- Focus: Embedding youth & civil society in health governance to make health security inclusive & data-driven
- Cohort 1: 34 youth and civil society organizations onboarded from 14 states
- Youth and CSO training includes 6 modules on Health Security, AMR, Social and Behaviour Change Communication and Advocacy
Institutionalizing local infection control systems in hospitals, clinics, and primary healthcare centers to drive safer, higher-quality care
- Nigeria’s first self-paced online basic IPC course
- 300+ health professionals enrolled (and growing)
- Free and accessible anytime, anywhere
- 201 trained healthcare workers
- 3 Local Government Areas & 7 Primary Healthcare Centres reached
- 49.71% improvement in IPC knowledge
- 12-month, competency-based program for health workers (Basic–Intermediate–Advanced levels)
- 5 cohorts, 386 certified professionals
- Operating across Nigeria’s 6 geopolitical zones
- Graduates implementing evidence-based infection prevention in hospitals and clinics
- Supporting health authorities in 3 states to build & mentor a skilled health workforce for sustainable IPC systems
- Approach: Innovative financing & real-time data for decisions
- 10 primary, secondary, and private health facilities mentored per state
