Nigeria Commits to:

Achieve Zero Maternal Deaths - Sustained Midwives Service Scheme with recruitment of additional 1,586 midwives annually to achieve increase in Skilled Birth Attendance from 38% to 70% by 2030; Apportion 10% of the N55.1 billion “Basic Health Care Provision Fund” (BHCPF) for maternal and child health care package - including free maternal care for all mothers in rural areas, 4 ANC visits, delivery (including C/S), two Post-Natal Care visits; fully implement the Strategic Roadmap to Accelerate Reduction of Maternal and Neo-natal Mortality; Sustain the National Task Shifting and Task Sharing Policy; Continued Conditional Cash Transfers for maternal and Child Health for rural and humanitarian populations.

Achieve Zero unmet need for family planning – increased annual allocation from $3 to $4 million annually from 2018 for procurement of modern contraceptive; provide free family planning information, counseling and services to all women in public health facilities; implement revised national Blueprint Scale-up Plan for family planning for improved funding for family planning commodities and consumables; implement age appropriate SRH information, counseling and services for adolescents and youths.

Achieve Zero gender-based violence and harmful practices against women, girls and youth – Implement National Strategic Plan to end Child Marriage; Act on Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) at all levels.

Generating quality, timely, disaggregated, geo-referenced data through census (within the 2020 Round of Censuses) and surveys and implement a Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development that aligns with the ICPD “Unfinished Business & the 2030 Agenda” and a Roadmap on demographic dividend; support the active participation of young people in issues that concern them.

Other cross-cutting interventions - include using part of the BHCPF to revive and strengthen the health sector, especially the Primary Health Care (PHC) system.

Modes of engagement:

• Budgetary and financial
  1. $4 million annually from 2018 for procurement of modern contraceptive 2. Apportion 10% of the N55.1 billion “Basic Health Care Provision Fund” (BHCPF) for maternal and child health care package

  Value: $4 million annually for FP commodities from 2018 & 10% of the N55.1 billion of BHCPF

• Change or creation of legislation
  1. Implement National Strategic Plan to end Child Marriage; 2. Legislation on Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) at all levels
• Policy and guidance
  1. National Task Shifting and Task Sharing Policy 2. Revised National Policy on Population for Sustainable Development 3. Revised National Blueprint Scale-up Plan for family planning 4. Roadmap for demographic Dividend
• Programmatic action
  1. Midwives Service Scheme 2. free maternal care for all mothers in rural areas & humanitarian population 3. implement age appropriate SRH information, counseling and services for adolescents and youths 4. PHC Strengthening