Nigeria
The CDC Foundation, in partnership with CDC, aims to strengthen global health security by supporting the Government of Nigeria to address key gaps in disease surveillance and prevention, as well as multi-disease outbreak preparedness. This initiative will allow CDC Nigeria to develop and implement new, innovative public health activities that will have lasting impact on Nigeria’s ability to prevent, detect and respond to key public health threats. Specific public-private partnership resource needs in Nigeria include:
Surveillance–Diagnostics
NEED
The existing surveillance systems in Nigeria are often fragmented, disease specific, inconsistent and in need higher quality control.
INTERVENTION
Establish an integrated diagnostics and surveillance system
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Surveillance
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.1 million
Laboratory–Disease Detection
NEED
Nigeria has more malaria cases than any other country, with a prevalence of 27 percent among children under five years of age.
INTERVENTION
Implement proactive community detection of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Laboratory
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$5 million
Surveillance–Telehealth for Outbreaks
NEED
A surveillance and response clinical telecommunications network is needed to allow for enhanced detection and surveillance of high-risk pathogens, improved capacity of healthcare professionals to implement infection prevention and control protocols and strengthened outbreak response capabilities.
INTERVENTION
Apply telehealth concepts to outbreak preparation
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Surveillance
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.3 million
Immunization–Hepatitis B
NEED
Nigeria is hyper-endemic for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, with an overall population prevalence of chronic HBV infection of 12.2 percent (an estimated 20 million persons).
INTERVENTION
Improve timely hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in key Nigerian states
TYPE OF ACTIVITIES
Immunization
APPROXIMATE FUNDING NEED
$2.7 million