Nigeria: Health Services
Commons · Question 27273 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of funding provided by his Department to (a) LAFIYA-UK and (b) other health programmes in Nigeria.
Answer
Answered by Anneliese Dodds, 7 Feb 2025
The UK has worked to strengthen the health sector in Nigeria for over two decades, with the current flagship Lafiya programme reaching 40 million people across Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa, Borno and Yobe states. It does this by firstly strengthening existing hea...