SECOND NATIONAL STRATEGIC HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2018 – 2022

Abstract

This second National Strategic Health Development Plan (NSHDP II) provides the Health Sector Medium Term roadmap to move the country towards the accomplishment of National Health Policy goals and objectives. NSHDP II will guide national and subnational governments on the health sector priorities. Additionally, it recognises and identifies key actions that other sectors should collaborate with, or jointly implement with the health sector in order to address the social determinants of health in the pursuit of health-related SDGs. NSHDP II builds on the successes of and lessons learned from implementation of Nigeria’s first National Strategic Health Development Plan (2010-2016) which focussed on strengthening the health system and prioritising primary health care. The end term evaluation (ETE) of the NSHDP I showed that while some progress has been made, a lot more needs to be done to improve the nation’s poor health indices which still rank among the poorest in the world.