Abuja – World Well being Group (WHO) within the African Area and TY Danjuma Basis have signed a landmark US$ 2.26 million settlement to strengthen Nigeria’s nationwide well being priorities over the subsequent decade. The partnership, formalized right now in Abuja, Nigeria, marks a big step in leveraging African philanthropy to deal with the nation’s well being challenges.
The totally versatile funding will assist the WHO Nation Workplace in Nigeria’s work plan till December 2034, enabling strategic useful resource allocation to sort out evolving well being wants. The initiative will prioritize increasing entry to built-in well being companies for ladies, youngsters and susceptible populations within the states of Taraba within the northeast, Edo within the south, and Enugu within the southeast of Nigeria.
Established in 2009, the TY Danjuma Basis is a Nigerian philanthropic group devoted to enhancing well being and schooling. With state workplaces in Taraba and Edo, the inspiration helps native nongovernmental organizations to ship impactful group programmes.
“We’re proud to accomplice with WHO to advance Nigeria’s well being priorities,” mentioned Lieutenant Basic Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of TY Danjuma Basis. “This settlement displays our dedication to enhancing lives and fostering sustainable improvement in our communities.”
The signing ceremony at WHO Workplace in Abuja introduced collectively key stakeholders, together with representatives from the Ministry of Well being and Social Welfare, Taraba State authorities, the diplomatic group and different companions dedicated to advancing well being in Nigeria.
Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister of Well being and Social Welfare, emphasised the nationwide significance of the collaboration, stating: “This settlement is a testomony to Nigeria’s dedication to well being fairness. We welcome the collaboration with WHO and the TY Danjuma Basis to ship sustainable, high-impact well being options.”
A go to to Taraba State on 3 June 2025 will spotlight the partnership’s on-the-ground affect. The delegation will tour the TY Danjuma Basis’s Medical Centre and fee the newly constructed Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria Hospital in Takum, donated by the inspiration. This go to will assess the standard of care and discover alternatives to reinforce group entry to well being companies.
“I prolong our honest appreciation to the TY Danjuma Basis to your beneficiant and visionary assist for WHO’s work in Nigeria,” mentioned Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Appearing WHO Regional Director for Africa. “At a time when the worldwide well being sector is grappling with a big funding disaster, this long-term, versatile assist couldn’t be extra well timed. It strengthens our skill to assist nationwide management, serve communities and drive affect the place it’s most wanted.”
Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, WHO Consultant in Nigeria, highlighted the broader affect of the initiative. “This collaboration units a brand new commonplace for well being partnerships in Nigeria. The versatile funding and shared imaginative and prescient will drive measurable progress in addressing the wants of our most susceptible populations.”