Q2 2026
West African Wastewater Surveillance
Country profile · Q2 2026

Nigeria

Polio and SARS-CoV-2 WES via NCDC. Significant untapped financing including the Pandemic Fund. Detailed in-country interviews pending.

At a glance · today
—
Active sites
—
Population coverage
—
Sewered coverage
—
Cost / sample
6
Pathogens tracked
40+
5-yr target sites
Trajectory

Today vs the 5-year target

Today
Active sites
—
Provinces covered
— / 37
Population coverage
—
Cost / sample
—
5-year target
Active sites
40+
Provinces covered
37 / 37
Population coverage
15%
Cost / sample
—

TBC

Pathogens monitored

What is being tracked today

  • Poliovirus integrated
  • SARS-CoV-2 integrated
  • Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) researched
  • Salmonella Typhi researched
  • Hepatitis A/E researched
  • Measles researched
Cost economics · per sample

What it costs to monitor

Cost decomposition for Nigeria is still being collected. The headline cost-per-sample (—) will be broken down by type, activity and driver as soon as the field data is entered into the workbook.
Capability

Strengths and challenges

Capability scorecard
  • Sewer coverage
    TBC
  • Logistics
    TBC
  • Testing capacity
    TBC
  • Use of information
    TBC
  • Cost & value
    TBC

Strengths-and-challenges narrative for Nigeria is still being collected.

Financing landscape

Where the funding could come from

Domestic public
  • Domestic government expenditure
    possible

    Domestic government expenditure is very low in Nigeria, and it is unlikely that more resources will become available for WES in the short term."

Multilateral development banks
  • World Bank IDA
    possible

    $250M IDA Health Security Program (2025–30) via NCDC. Natural vehicle for WES component.

  • European Investment Bank
    likely

    Nigeria's market size and existing EIB engagement makes this credible for supply chain or lab infrastructure.

Global health funds
  • Pandemic Fund
    likely

    Nigeria has NOT yet received any Pandemic Fund grant — an untapped resource with strong alignment. but further investigation needed to determin if there is no grant for a particular reason.

  • IPSN (WHO Pathogen Surveillance Network)
    likely

    Nigeria's NCDC and Nigeria Institute for Medical Research have genomic sequencing capacity. IPSN is a strong fit for WES pathogen genomics scale-up under the IDA Health Security program.

  • The Global Fund
    tbc

    TBC from Nigeria interviews.

Bilateral & philanthropic
  • Gates Foundation
    tbc

    TBC from Nigeria interviews.

  • Rotary Foundation
    likely

    Nigeria is one of the last poliovirus-endemic countries. Rotary Foundation's highest priority. Natural fit for WES framed around polio eradication monitoring.

  • Bilateral GHS donors
    tbc

    TBC from Nigeria interviews.

Strategic pathway

What to do next

Phase 1 · 0–2 years
Immediate
Phase 2 · 2–4 years
Medium term
Phase 3 · 4–6 years
Long term
Immediate · 0–2 years
  1. Submit a WES component request to the $250M IDA Health Security Program (NCDC, 2025–30) before the mid-term review — the most immediate financing vehicle available.
    Cost: low Timeline: immediate
  2. Apply for a Pandemic Fund grant — Nigeria has not received any PF grant and is an untapped resource. Frame around polio eradication monitoring and AMR surveillance.
    Cost: low Timeline: immediate
  3. Engage Rotary Foundation for WES funding framed around polio eradication monitoring — Nigeria's status as one of the last poliovirus-endemic countries makes this a compelling ask.
    Cost: low Timeline: immediate
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