Spotlight on Nigeria (2023)

Progress has been made in Nigeria to reduce the burden of malaria. To fully eliminate the disease, the country needs an integrated, digitally enabled health system capable of providing efficient, affordable, and accessible care. The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) launched its Digital Community Health Initiative (DCHI) with a vision to strengthen quality health delivery at the community level. Led by USAID and co-implemented with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this initiative aims to invest in the scale-up of digitally enabled community health platforms across 27 countries, including Nigeria. DCHI is implemented by PATH’s Digital Square initiative and its partners, including Populations Services International (PSI), John Snow Inc., and Last Mile Health. In Nigeria, PSI collaborated with government stakeholders to document digital community health tools available, data collection, and business processes to deliver malaria services by community health workers. The findings facilitated a national stakeholders dialogue in March 2021 for implementing partners and all levels of government agencies.