Nexacare community-centred health outreach

Our Projects

Strengthening Primary Healthcare Through Community Action

Since 2018, Nexacare has supported primary healthcare in Kano State through malaria prevention, maternal and child health outreach, routine immunization training, commodity support, supportive supervision, data mentorship, zero-dose assessments, and targeted immunization outreach.

Our Impact in Action

Our Key Projects

Targeted routine immunization outreach for zero-dose reduction

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Completed

Targeted Outreach for Zero-Dose Reduction & HPV Uptake

Nexacare completed a targeted, community-centred routine immunization outreach initiative across 30 public health facilities in 15 wards of Warawa, Kumbotso and Ungogo LGAs. The project supported targeted outreach and mobile sessions in underserved communities to identify and vaccinate zero-dose and under-immunized children, improve HPV vaccination, strengthen community mobilization, and improve facility reporting, independent monitoring and supportive supervision.

  • 17 March 2024
  • Warawa, Kumbotso and Ungogo LGAs, Kano State
  • Funded by Nexacare
  • 15 wards, 30 health facilities and all identified outreach and mobile communities

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Zero-dose baseline assessment and caregiver interviews

02

Completed

Zero-Dose Drivers Baseline Assessment

Nexacare conducted a three-month baseline assessment to understand the household, community, service-delivery and health-system factors contributing to zero-dose and under-immunized children. The assessment covered 20 wards, 100 health facilities and 300 communities across three LGAs, with structured interviews conducted among 6,000 caregivers. Twenty field personnel supported data collection, supervision and evidence generation.

  • March to May 2024
  • Warawa, Kumbotso and Ungogo LGAs, Kano State
  • Funded by Nexacare

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Malaria community outreach and commodity support

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Completed

Malaria Commodities and Community Outreach

Nexacare conducted community malaria outreach for pregnant women and children under five. Participants were tested using malaria rapid diagnostic test kits and treated with recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies. Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine was also provided to support the prevention of malaria in pregnancy.

  • September to October 2019
  • Gama, Nassarawa and Ungogo LGAs, Kano State

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Supportive supervision and data quality mentorship

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Completed

Supportive Supervision and Data Quality Mentorship

Nexacare provided practical mentorship to clinicians and facility staff on the correct use of immunization, antenatal care and malaria registers. The activity strengthened record keeping, improved reporting accuracy, supported data use and reinforced accountability in frontline service delivery.

  • 5 April 2019
  • Gayawa Ward health facilities, immunization and antenatal care units

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Routine immunization and malaria capacity building

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Completed

Routine Immunization and Malaria Capacity Building

Nexacare trained routine immunization service providers on the updated National Immunization Schedule and malaria in pregnancy prevention. The sessions strengthened provider knowledge, improved service readiness, and supported safer, more consistent delivery at health facility level.

  • 10 August 2018
  • Gama Ward, Nassarawa LGA, Kano State

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Community maternal and child health outreach

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Completed

Community Maternal and Child Health Outreach

Nexacare conducted community outreach across Gama, Tudu, Gayawa, and Tudun Murtala wards in Ungogo and Nassarawa LGAs. Services included malaria in pregnancy testing, malaria treatment for under-five children, SP distribution for prevention, and malaria testing using recommended field tools.

  • 7 July 2018
  • Gama, Tudu, Gayawa, Tudun Murtala, Ungogo and Nassarawa LGAs

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More Projects Coming Up

We are expanding our impact through new initiatives focused on digital health innovation, community wellbeing, primary healthcare, health security and health-system strengthening. Further project updates from Kano State and other programme locations will be published here.

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