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Key Achievements

  • From 2013–18, 58,961 youths, of whom 40% were female, received a cash payment in return for working in a public works program. During the same period, 25,000 women were trained in life skills training, 1,000 women graduated from internship programs, and 3,000 women were trained in vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

  • From 2016–18, 981,000 poor and vulnerable households received targeted cash transfers, of whom 92% were women.

  • In 2018, 1.7 million poor households in 4,051 communities benefited from improved social services, more than 10% of whom were internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria. From 2009– 18, 2,900 classrooms were built, and 1,214 health centers were built or rehabilitated, benefiting 3.04 million people.

  • Improved public expenditure management allowed some states to reduce the deviation of budgeted expenditure to 12% in 2018, down from 23.3% in 2011. 55% of public contracts were published on official state websites in 2018, up from 22.3% in 2011.

  • 1.9 million children under age two were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018, up from 270,644 children in 2008. 36.2 million children under age one were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018.

  • 620,440 births were attended by a skilled health professional in 2018, up from 76,960 in 2010. From 2010–18, 10 million people received basic health care, of whom 63% were women. During the same period, 10.9 million children under age five were treated as outpatients, up from 346,990 in 2010.

  • From 2013–18, six million people received basic nutrition services, of whom 3.3 million were women.

  • 97.7% of children were immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 2018, up from 91.8% in 2012. Nigeria achieved and sustained 80% coverage with OPV immunization and improved regular immunization. Since August 2016, there have been no cases of wild poliovirus.

  • 53,677 pregnant women living with HIV received a complete course of antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission in 2016, up from 26,133 in 2010. During the same period, 8,308 health facilities provided HIV counseling and testing services, up from 1,064.

  • 3,102 hectares of land were improved with irrigation and drainage services, benefiting 123,560 people in northern Nigeria in 2018. 186 staff were trained on dam safety and dam management, and 3,644 people adopted improved agriculture technology.

Key Achievements

  • From 2013–18, 58,961 youths, of whom 40% were female, received a cash payment in return for working in a public works program. During the same period, 25,000 women were trained in life skills training, 1,000 women graduated from internship programs, and 3,000 women were trained in vocational and entrepreneurial skills.

  • From 2016–18, 981,000 poor and vulnerable households received targeted cash transfers, of whom 92% were women.

  • In 2018, 1.7 million poor households in 4,051 communities benefited from improved social services, more than 10% of whom were internally displaced people in northeast Nigeria. From 2009– 18, 2,900 classrooms were built, and 1,214 health centers were built or rehabilitated, benefiting 3.04 million people.

  • Improved public expenditure management allowed some states to reduce the deviation of budgeted expenditure to 12% in 2018, down from 23.3% in 2011. 55% of public contracts were published on official state websites in 2018, up from 22.3% in 2011.

  • 1.9 million children under age two were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018, up from 270,644 children in 2008. 36.2 million children under age one were immunized with a pentavalent vaccine in 2018.

  • 620,440 births were attended by a skilled health professional in 2018, up from 76,960 in 2010. From 2010–18, 10 million people received basic health care, of whom 63% were women. During the same period, 10.9 million children under age five were treated as outpatients, up from 346,990 in 2010.

  • From 2013–18, six million people received basic nutrition services, of whom 3.3 million were women.

  • 97.7% of children were immunized with oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 2018, up from 91.8% in 2012. Nigeria achieved and sustained 80% coverage with OPV immunization and improved regular immunization. Since August 2016, there have been no cases of wild poliovirus.

  • 53,677 pregnant women living with HIV received a complete course of antiretroviral prophylaxis to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission in 2016, up from 26,133 in 2010. During the same period, 8,308 health facilities provided HIV counseling and testing services, up from 1,064.

  • 3,102 hectares of land were improved with irrigation and drainage services, benefiting 123,560 people in northern Nigeria in 2018. 186 staff were trained on dam safety and dam management, and 3,644 people adopted improved agriculture technology.

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