Nigeria

CDC in Nigeria
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established an office in Nigeria in 2001. CDC works with federal and
state ministries of health to address HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and immunization for vaccine-preventable diseases as well
as on strengthening laboratory, surveillance, and workforce capacity to respond to disease outbreaks.
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Nigeria
AT A GLANCE
Population: 190,886,311 (2017)
Per capita income: $5,680
Life expectancy at birth: F 54/M 53 years
Infant mortality rate: 67/1,000 live births
Sources: HIV and Tuberculosis
World Bank 2018, Nigeria
Population Reference Bureau 2018, Nigeria HIV is a leading cause of death and a health threat to millions worldwide. As a key
implementer of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), CDC
provides technical assistance to help the federal and state level ministries of health
TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH (MOHs) implement effective, efficient HIV programs. This support has contributed
to saving the lives of men, women, and children through HIV treatment services
1. Lower respiratory infections and a robust combination prevention strategy. Using a data-driven approach,
2. Neonatal disorders this strategy is tailored to the unique characteristics of the local epidemic for
maximum health impact.
3. HIV/AIDS
4. Malaria Working closely with the MOH, CDC supports the scale-up of high-quality HIV
5. Diarrheal diseases prevention interventions including HIV treatment, and prevention of mother-to-
6. Tuberculosis child transmission services. Other key activities include improving and expanding
HIV counseling, testing, and tuberculosis (TB)/HIV integrated service delivery.
7. Meningitis
Health system strengthening support includes building capacity in the areas of
8. lschemic heart disease workforce development, operational research, epidemiology, surveillance, health
9. Stroke information systems, and program monitoring and evaluation to assess program
10. Cirrhosis performance and make adjustments to respond to local epidemic.
Source:
GBD Compare 2018, Nigeria Specific laboratory capacity building efforts have included the expansion of
laboratory services to support the rapid scale-up of HIV treatment services as well
as the establishment of a national reference lab capable of performing diagnostics
for TB and other infectious and noninfectious diseases. CDC is also providing
support for Phase II field evaluation of HIV rapid test kits and the development of
the National Medical Laboratory Strategic Plan.
Global Health Security
To make the world safer and more secure from infectious disease threats, the
Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) was launched in 2014.
While Nigeria is not a formally participating GHSA partner, the country
has agreed to meet the requirements stated in the International Health
Regulations. CDC works with the government of Nigeria and other partners
to achieve these requirements by focusing on workforce development,
emergency response, surveillance, laboratory, and border health/point-of-
entry interventions.
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CDC supported the African Union to develop and launch the Africa Centres
for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). CDC provided technical
assistance for the establishment of five Africa CDC Regional Collaborating
Centers. The West African Regional Collaborating Centre for the Africa CDC is
located in Nigeria. Africa CDC and the regional centers, with assistance from
CDC, establish the Surveillance and Response Unit, and develop workforce
capacity.
Malaria
Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in many countries, and CDC IMPACT IN NIGERIA
young children and pregnant women are the groups most affected. Under
the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, CDC has assigned a resident advisor to
CDC supported the population-
the malaria-endemic country of Nigeria to support the implementation of
malaria prevention and control interventions. CDC support includes: based HIV/AIDS household survey in
•• Developing the framework for a routine health information system in Nigeria. The Nigeria HIV/AIDS Indicator
select states and local government areas and Impact Survey (NAIIS) reached
•• Strengthening entomological monitoring and training in the CDC bottle approximately 250,000 respondents in
bioassay and World Health Organization (WHO) tube techniques 90,000 households. The data will guide
•• Strengthening diagnostic capacity by developing a quality assurance activities toward HIV/AIDS epidemic
framework and using dried tube specimens for quality control of malaria
control in Nigeria.
rapid diagnostic tests
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Over 800,000 people received PEPFAR-
Vaccines prevent an estimated 2.5 million deaths among children under
5 five years of age. Still, 1 child dies every 20 seconds from a disease that supported antiretroviral therapy and
could have been prevented by a vaccine. CDC provides technical and achieved 82% viral load suppresion in
programmatic expertise to eradicate or control vaccine-preventable diseases 2018.
through immunizations. In collaboration with partners, CDC supports the
polio eradication and measles pre-elimination activities in Nigeria. Field
activities include campaign planning, monitoring and supervision, acute
flaccid paralysis surveillance, outbreak investigations, outreach to nomadic Supported 10 polio campaigns that
populations, special projects, research, and data management support. admimistered over 140 million doses
Recently, the National Stop Transmission of Polio Program expanded to of polio vaccines to children under 5
improve the delivery of routine immunization services across northern
years of age in 2018.
states. CDC responded to numerous outbreaks of vaccine-derived polio and
other vaccine-preventable diseases.
Gender Equity and Response to Gender-Based

Violence For more country information, visit:
Gender norms, inequalities, and violence increase vulnerability to HIV, due www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/countries/nigeria
to multiple sociocultural factors. These dynamics may encourage high-risk
sexual behaviors, and make it more difficult to get tested, disclose HIV status, For more information, please contact:
and access HIV treatment due to fear of violence or abandonment. CDC,
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through implementing partners, promotes gender equity and equality in
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HIV programs by addressing with teens and adults norms and behaviors that
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contribute to the HIV epidemic. CDC also supports comprehensive health
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services and referral linkages to survivors of gender-based violence.
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