Technical Brief: Health and Nutrition in Nigeria (2026)

This brief highlights Save the Children Nigeria’s health and nutrition programming, which aims to ensure that children survive, grow, and thrive through access to quality health and nutrition services. Working in partnership with government institutions, communities, civil society organisations, and development partners, Save the Children strengthens health systems and delivers integrated interventions across maternal and child health, immunisation, newborn care, nutrition, sexual and reproductive health, social and behaviour change, and outbreak response. The brief showcases the organisation’s efforts to improve child survival, prevent malnutrition, increase access to essential health services, strengthen community engagement, and support effective responses to public health emergencies across Nigeria