Saving one million lives programme for results and implementation in Nigeria: A report

Isaac F. Adewole, Olusoji Adeyi

Abstract

In 2012, the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGoN) under President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, launched the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) initiative to address the poor state of Maternal, New-born and Child Health (MNCH) indices in the country with the view to improving services. At inception, the programme was operational in 13 states focusing on provision of technical assistance to state governments to develop a robust data generation and a mechanism to utilize data for policy and programming. In order to fast-track implementation of the programme and attract additional funding for quick results, the FGoN under President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, obtained a credit facility of Five Hundred Million United States Dollars ($500M) from the World Bank. The programme was therefore repackaged in 2015 using the World Bank’s instrument, Programme for Results (PforR) to implement the SOML. The new programme, Saving One Million Lives Programme for Results (SOML-PforR) was the first PforR in Nigeria and the largest in the world, at the time. It was designed to compel change in the health sector through transparency and a result-oriented governance. 

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