Attachments
Highlights
The northeast of Nigeria fragility remains driven by persistent insecurity, disease outbreaks, and the food security and nutrition emergency. State Ministries of Health, government agencies, and humanitarian partners continue to deliver life-saving interventions. As part of the humanitarian reset and transition agenda, planning for the Humanitarian Program Cycle (HPC) 2026 are underway, prioritizing high-need areas while recommending thematic responses in regions where needs arise.
Leadership and coordination:
Transition: A joint intersectoral meeting was convened to agree on a common approach for the ongoing transition from an internationally led coordination architecture to a locally led system. The agreed approach includes optimizing established coordination functions at both state and local levels, defining clear preparedness and response measures for potential events during the transition period, and ensuring an effective information management capacity is in place to support decision-making and coordination.
HPC 2026:
• An ad hoc Health Sector Partners meeting was convened to discuss and agree on the People in Need (PIN), target population, and the methodology for calculating requirements for the 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The meeting resulted in the adoption of a standardized methodology. Under this approach, the PIN reflects differences in vulnerability by age, sex, access to health services, and government investment in health. The target population is defined as a subset of the PIN based on the severity of health needs at the LGA level. Sector requirements are calculated using cost estimates derived from partner-submitted projects in the OCHA GSM Project Module. • Participation to a mini workshop conducted as part of the HPC 2026 process to technically pre-validate the People in Need (PIN) and target population estimates for each sector, ensuring alignment with the strategy endorsed by the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT). Based on this strategy and the agreed health sector methodology, preliminary estimates indicate a PIN of 3.9 million people, a target population of 1.4 million people, and sector requirements of USD 33.2 million.
Service delivery support:
As of October 2025, the Health Sector under the Humanitarian Needs Response Plan (HNRP) 2025 has reached 1,379,398 individuals, which accounts for 44% of the 3.1 million people targeted. However, progress has been significantly hindered by critical funding gaps, with only 43% of the required $74.2 million secured, according to partners.
The Lean Season Response, which ran from May to October 2025 and aimed to reach 1.02 million people across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states, has so far reached 370,503 individuals, just 34% of the target. Despite covering 16 out of 16 prioritized LGAs, the response continues to face major constraints due to limited funding, with only 39% of the $33.2 million needed secured.