Location: West Africa

The Integrated Humanitarian Assistance in Northeast Nigeria project is a multi-sectoral response funded through the United Nations’ OCHA Nigeria Humanitarian Fund to address escalating life-saving needs in conflict-affected communities of Mafa, Konduga, Ngala, and Mobbar local government authorities (LGAs) of Borno State. The project is designed to reduce preventable morbidity and mortality by delivering an integrated package of Health, Nutrition, and WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) services to the most vulnerable populations, particularly children under five, pregnant and breastfeeding women, internally displaced persons, and host communities affected by protracted conflict, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and poor access to safe water and sanitation. The project aligns directly with the 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan objectives and sector priorities by strengthening both facility-based services and community systems to ensure people can access comprehensive, dignified, and timely life-saving support.

By recognising that acute malnutrition, disease outbreaks, and delayed healthcare access are interlinked drivers of preventable death, the IHANN project delivers a coordinated HealthNutritionWASH response that strengthens local health facilities to manage emergencies, supports severe acute malnutrition (SAM) treatment with improved hygiene and home nutrition, expands safe water and sanitation, empowers caregivers through knowledge and financial support, ensures confidential care for violence survivors, and actively involves communities in decisionmaking, thereby, reducing mortality from malnutrition, infectious disease outbreaks, obstetric emergencies, trauma, and chronic illness.