National health survey data on Nigerian children under five, 2015
Data from the 2015 national nutrition survey by the National Bureau of Statistics gives an overview of the nutritional status of Nigerian children under five years of age.
An overview of Nigeria's health financing profile, including healthcare expenditure. The document was developed by USAID's African Strategies for Health project.
A report on the assessment of the mental health system in Nigeria using a standardised World Health Organisation assessment instrument for mental healthcare. It was published in 2006.
Millennium development goal progress towards eradicating maternal mortality in Nigeria, 2016
This document outlines bottlenecks to and interventions needed for the achievement of the millennium development goal of better maternal healthcare. It was published in August 2016.
Infant, under-five and maternal mortality rates, UNICEF data
A 20-page UNICEF document providing data on under-five, infant, neonatal and maternal mortality rates broken down by geopolitical zones, education background and wealth. It also covers immunisation coverage by type of vaccine.
A global database on mortality rates and other indicators, generated by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. It includes figures on the communicable and non-communicable diseases that cause the most health problems, the risk factors that drive the most death and disability and how Nigeria shapes up in terms of premature death compared to other countries.
Estimates of immunisation coverage in Nigeria, 2017
World Health Organisation estimates of immunisation coverage from vaccinations administered during a given period (numerator data). Available for download in PDF.
Healthcare costs and performance in sub-Saharan Africa
The Access, Bottlenecks, Costs and Equity (ABCE) research project is a multi-country study of the drivers of health system performance and costs of care in sub-Saharan Africa.
African Health Observatory and the World Health Organisation research on the current state of health financing in the WHO African region. The paper responds to current challenges in measuring, observing and analysing data on health financing.