Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis is complex. It is marked by violent conflict, a growing refugee population and internal displacement within a population of diverse socio-cultural identities.
Insecurity Insight monitors conflict events affecting aid operations, education, health care and protection as well as incidents of conflict-related sexual violence in Nigeria.
Our data can be downloaded on the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) and corresponding reports can be accessed below.
Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Nigeria, and based on its data, the Nigeria chapter of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 32 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2024. In these incidents, 35 health workers were kidnapped and medical supplies were looted.
– Escalating insecurity strained health care systems and displaced large numbers of people.
– Attacks on health care more than tripled in the BAY states between 2023 and 2024.
– Katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara states reported significant health care access disruptions, with local health centers inoperable for extended periods.
Download the report data.
Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.
2024 SHCC Factsheet
Protecting the humanitarian space during a public health emergency
May 2024
SHCC 2023 Factsheet
May 2023
SHCC 2022 Factsheet
October 2022
Joint Health Survey
2021 SHCC Factsheet
2020 SHCC Factsheet