Nigeria

Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis reached the World Health Organization’s (WHO) elimination threshold in both Plateau and Nasarawa States in north-central Nigeria in 2017 and 2021, respectively.However, no evidence-informed plan was created to detect or respond to potential recrudescence of the eliminated diseases while waiting for national elimination to occur. To meet this gap, Plateau and Nasarawa States were selected to pilot the development of the WHO integrated post validation/verification surveillance (PVS) planning toolkit for neglected tropical diseases.PATH conducted the pilot, working in collaboration with The Carter Center – Nigeria as a local partner.

The ORS and zinc: A policy and advocacy primer outlines the current global status of ORS and zinc uptake and key actions to increase their scale-up, as well as advocate and communicate about improving access and use.PATH, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, reviewed literature and existing data sources and carried out 37 key informant interviews with global- and country-level stakeholders from five countries: Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan.The findings summarized in this primer include key actions to scaling ORS and zinc, strategies for successful implementation, and priority areas for investment to advance progress.

Bilal Mateen is PATH’s inaugural Chief AI Officer. He has been at the forefront of the debate around appropriate applications of artificial intelligence for health for many years, and more recently a vocal advocate among global leaders discussing this topic at the G20.

Many countries struggle to provide high-quality primary health care and achieve universal health coverage because of a shortage of trained clinicians. Consequently, citizens experience a variable standard of care depending on the level of training and experience of the health care workers in their community. Appropriate and user-friendly tools are needed that can provide on-demand, expert-level information and support to frontline health care workers to standardize care and treat more patients effectively.Can artificial intelligence-assisted tools support better primary health care delivery? Artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools are increasingly being used to assist health care workers with diagnosis and treatment. These include large language model (LLM)-enabled tools that can provide expert-level medical knowledge and advice in response to health care workers’ queries. Because LLMs have the ability to be trained to think like a local medical expert, continuously learn, and provide responses to a wide range of queries, this technology is seen to have the potential to enhance clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) and improve the quality of primary health care.

Les ambassadeurs de l'auto-injection prônent pour un accès accru aux contraceptifs auto-injectables.

Self-Injection Ambassadors reflect on their advocacy for expanded access to contraceptive self-injection.

Agbons Oaiya has seen many health information systems fail to reach their promise. Today, he is using his experience to ensure Nigeria's health information systems are integrated, scalable, sustainable, and backed by effective policies and leadership.

Nanopore–based sequencing platforms offer the potential for affordable malaria molecular surveillance in resource–limited settings to track and ultimately counteract emerging threats, such as drug resistance and diagnostic escape.With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and building on the success of NOMADS, NOMADS 2 is continuing to strengthen and expand the use of nanopore sequencing for malaria genomic surveillance.This factsheet provides an overview of the NOMADS 2 project.

This report present’s PATH’s Living Labs synthesis of insights including gaps, trends, findings, and recommendations for primary healthcare in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia conducted between January and March 2023.

This report—the final report of the New Nets Project—presents the primary results of the New Nets Project pilot evaluations across 16 districts in Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Rwanda. Emphasis is on the epidemiological impact outcomes, along with important contextual outcomes related to entomology, insecticide-treated net durability, and human behavior.