Nigeria

Nwachukwu Kelechukwu (Lucky) is a young #endFGM campaigner and a member of The Girl Generation's Strategic Advisory Group.

"The primary health care facility used to have less than 15 people in attendance but now in a month they record attendance of over 150 people."

A tribute to Ahmed Hamzah, an Options State Team Leader in Nigeria

Our PATHS2 programme came to an end in September and we were awarded a Leadership Excellence Award for implementing strategic ground breaking and successful initiatives towards health systems reform in Nigeria.

To me ‘be bold for change’ means defying tradition and status quo for changes that benefit women.

"‘Be bold for change’ means being fearless and courageous in the work I do – to tell it as it is!"

Our Evidence for Action-MamaYe programme is working in three states across Nigeria (Bauchi, Gombe and Lagos) to strengthen accountability through ‘SLAMs’ – State-Level Accountability Mechanisms.

The Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Programme (MNCH2) is working to improve maternal neonatal and health outcomes in Northern Nigeria by setting up Village Health Committees.

Civil society plays a central role in holding the government to account. To ensure commitments are followed-up with political will and action, MNCH2 is working with civil society actors and governments in supported states to implement State-Led Accountability Mechanisms (SLAMs).

MNCH2 has worked in Yobe State throughout the period of unrest in northern Nigeria. Since 2014, we have supported local health services through renovation and the provision of basic equipment. After 2015, the focus shifted to accommodating the health needs of the increased population of IDPs.