Reports

Overview Significant impact has been made in rolling back malaria in varying countries in the African Region, despite significant COVID-19 related disruptions to treatment and care. Although an 11% increase in malaria cases was recorded in the…

Week 13 Highlights Twelve states have reported suspected cholera cases in 2023. These are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Sokoto and Zamfara In the reporting month, 5 states reported 98 suspected cases –…

Highlights  From the beginning of the season, the following twenty (21) states reported suspectedCSMcasesin 2022/2023, Abia, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Ebonyi, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe…

Highlights • In week 13, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from 39 in week 12 2023 to 23 cases. These were reported from Bauchi, Ondo, Edo, Taraba, Ebonyi, Oyo and Kebbi States (Table 3) • Cumulatively…

Osun, 31 March, 2023 - “I was coughing out blood persistently for weeks, had fever, weakness, night sweats, severe chest pain. I had bought drugs from a patent medicine store, but it was not working. I was…

Highlights Nigeria Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) 2023: There are significant and severe humanitarian needs across the northeast Nigeria, caused by poverty; further deepened by high rates of inflation; inadequate access to basic services, weak adherence to health-related societal laws, widespread insecurity…

I am alarmed by the impact that continued conflict is having on vulnerable people, in particular on children, in north-east Nigeria. Yesterday, I visited El-Miskin Camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, where approximately 7,200 internally displaced persons (IDPs)…

SUMMARY This report presents the findings of an assessment on the movement dynamics of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Northwest Nigeria. The study was conducted by REACH Initiative Nigeria between March and September 2022 and aimed to…

On 28 March, the European Union has released EUR 150,000 in response to the significant increase in diphtheria cases recorded since the beginning of 2023 in Nigeria. The EU funding will enable the Nigerian Red Cross to…

Oluwaseun Famoofo describes the grassroots efforts of women peacebuilders in Nigeria, who face barriers to participating in formal governance and peacemaking mechanisms. Women suffer disproportionately from conflicts and wars around the world. They frequently witness unspeakably awful…