This document outlines the strategy to improve health data governance in the country. It contains necessary provisions and strategies aimed at strengthening the health information system and aligning it with the National Health Act

This Act establishes the framework the National Health Insurance Scheme with the objectives of ensuring access to good health care services to every Nigerian and protecting Nigerian families from financial hardship of huge medical bills; and for matters connected therewith.

The Policy outlines the guidelines required to create positive outcomesand empower health action and increased community involvement. It further prescribes an institutional framework to coordinate health promotion programs nationally.

This policy outlines the strategy to ensure optimal growth, protection and development of the Nigerian child from birth to the first five years of life. It explains the process of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of the child’s life and the introduction of adequate complementary foods. It also highlights the integration of HIV-infected mothers into the strategy.

This policy lays the foundation for ensuring that medical oxygen facilities are available in healthcare centres. It also highlights the strategies to engage stakeholders in oxygen supply, distribution, administration, and equipment maintenance, and reinforces commitment to systematic and coordinated improvement in providing life-saving medical oxygen to patients.

This document aims to provide standards and guidelines for the conduct of health missions in Nigeria with the aim of ultimately leading to the conduct of well- coordinated, effective and impactful health missions by foreign and diaspora professionals as well as by in-country health providers.

The National Strategy for the Scale-up of Medical Oxygen in Health Facilities aims to reduce mortality and morbidity from hypoxaemia in Nigeria by addressing the gaps in access and providing the framework to guide conception and roll out of improved access pulse oximetry and oxygen.

The plan details the plan to strengthen the national health system and improve the health status of Nigerians. According to the government, it is the reference for the health sector Medium Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) and annual operational plans and budgets at all levels.

The National Strategic Plan For Tuberculosis Control lays out the strategies to provide Nigerians with access to preventive, diagnosis, and curative services for TB, TB/HIV and drug-resistant TB by 2020. This plan will utilize new surveys of the TB cases in Nigeria. Over the next five years, Nigeria hopes to rapidly increase detection of TB in adults and children, improve its treatment, integrate HIV and TIB services, and strengthen the capacity of healthcare providers and heath systems

This document outlines the guidelines required to track maternal and perinatal mortality and establish Maternal and Perinatal Deaths Surveillance Response in Nigeria. This policy also explains the processes for training healthcare providers to improve quality of care and reduce maternal and new-born deaths significantly.

The National Drug Policy of 2005 focuses on stimulating local production of essential drugs by Nigerian pharmaceutical companies. The policy hopes to achieve adequate supply and rational use of drugs. It also emphasized the promotion of herbal remedies and development of raw materials for local production. In addition, this document outlines the roles of the various levels of government towards implementing this policy.

The Nigerian government developed the National Guidelines for Quantification of Narcotic medicines to standardize the quantification practices of narcotic medicines used for medical and scientific procedures in Nigeria.

The National Minimum Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment in Nigeria was developed with the objective of minimizing drug-related harm and eradicating illicit drug use. By developing this policy, the Nigerian government hopes to improve the treatment of substance use disorders in Nigeria.

This policy sets the quality assurance process for pharmaceutical products from the stage of design through production, procurement, storage, distribution, and marketing. It targets players in the manufacturing procurement, and supply value chains of the private sector. It aligns with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Decree of 1993.

This Act outlines the regulation for the production, distribution, and marketing of tobacco or tobacco products in Nigeria. It clearly outlines Nigeria’s position against tobacco use and tobacco’s health effects on Nigerians. It also outlines the roles of government stakeholders in managing tobacco use in the country.

National Family Planning Blueprint (Scale-up Plan) highlights Nigeria’s plan to adoption of family planning contraceptives in Nigeria. This blueprint also focuses on the processes to close the funding gap in family planning as Nigeria seeks to achieve a 36 percent contraceptive prevalence rate by 2018. The development of this policy builds on the 2012 London Family Planning Summit.

This policy highlights Nigeria’s plan to improve effectiveness of its medical emergency response system to better address emergency situations and also reform the processes of attending to patients by health providers. Through this plan, Nigeria clearly highlight the emergency medical service pathways and the roles of all stakeholders involved along the value chain.

To address the weak supply chain in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical industry, the Nigerian government developed the National Supply Chia Policy to guide the coordination of supply systems and drive collaboration among supply chain players to build a more developed and efficient supply chain system in Nigeria.

The national oral health policy is the first exclusive policy on oral health in Nigeria. This policy targets an optimal oral health for 50 percent of Nigerians. This policy hopes to leverage early detection and immediate treatment of oral diseases, capacity development, and sustainable awareness to achieve its target.

The document, developed by the Federal Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund, aims to provide a standard reference material that can be used to train health workers in the provision of quality, and evidence-based care for Obstetric Fistula patients.