Africa

Nigeria

Health
Mental health & psychosocial support
Nutrition
Protection

2013

mission start date

130

national staff

expatriate staff

239 909

people supported

2013

mission start date

130

national staff

expatriate staff

239 909

people supported

Context

More than 9 million people, including 5.5 million children, are impacted by the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis in the Northeast, Northcentral, and Northwest States in Nigeria. Non-State Armed Groups, criminal groups and bandits are targeting civilians, particularly through kidnapping, cattle rustling and abductions, reflecting a particularly difficult economic and social context that is deteriorating. People’s livelihoods are undermined not only by this security crisis, but also by inflation, high fuel prices, the closure of the border with Niger and natural disasters that damage infrastructure and crops. Nigeria is also marked by insufficient healthcare services, with a lack of qualified medical staff, infrastructure and medical equipment, leading to high levels of displacement, involuntary relocations, food insecurity and malnutrition, as well as epidemics.

Our approach
Description of the mission

Première Urgence Internationale contributes to the response to this humanitarian crisis, in the Northeast in Monguno and Pulka and in the Northwest in Mashi and Kurfi. Our teams provide services in health nutrition and protection, including psychosocial support. Première Urgence Internationale supports health centres (materials, equipment, drugs) and trains Ministry of Health staff to ensure quality and free healthcare services. Our protection activities include disseminating information, identifying people with specific needs, and strengthening the referral system to the relevant services. Première Urgence Internationale adopts a strong community-based approach, to ensure early identification of malnutrition cases, and to raise local populations’ awareness and practices.

Première Urgence Internationale
in action

Première Urgence Internationale provides operational support to improve the capacities of 10 health facilities across 2 states (Borno and Katsina). To ensure continuous quality of healthcare, PUI provides essential drugs, consumables, and medical equipment and provides incentives and training to the Ministry of Health staff to enhance their capacity.
We provide Primary Health Care services including consultations for both communicable and non-communicable diseases, diagnosis, and treatment-targeted health education, free access to essential medications, and immunization services. This comprehensive care also includes Sexual and Reproductive health services with Ante & Post Natal Care and skilled birth delivery, family planning services, and referral of obstetric emergencies.
Our teams implement activities to provide prevention and treatment for children under 5 years with Moderate and Severe Acute Malnutrition with and without medical complications.
We assist victims of Gender Based Violence and we implement community activities such as awareness-raising sessions on protection and Gender-Based Violence prevention and mitigation as well as on good nutritional practices.
Première Urgence Internationale integrates MHPSS across its multi-sectorial intervention.

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©Première Urgence Internationale

Audren Ragot

Head of mission Nigeria © Première Urgence Internationale

“Première Urgence Internationale in Nigeria is responding to a huge humanitarian crisis in a complex security environment. The team is fully committed and gives its best to answer the needs of the most vulnerable. Facing a drop in funding in the country, PUI has to innovate: expanding the operations in new locations, building a network of national NGOs, looking forward to more long-term projects. ”