eHealth Africa vaccinates 23M kids, deploys digital health tools across Nigeria
eHealth Africa's report shows that over 23 million children were vaccinated against polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases across more than 205,000 settlements in Nigeria between January and June 2026. The organisation expanded its digital PlanFeld tool to 253 Local Government Areas in ten northern states, providing digitised microplans and catchment-area maps to 33,837 vaccination teams, and deployed the same technology in four Lagos LGAs during a measles-rubella campaign.
These efforts matter because they illustrate a data-driven, scalable model that boosts immunisation coverage while strengthening health infrastructure. Solar power was installed at 238 primary healthcare centres across twelve states, generating 277,800 kWh and saving an estimated ₦166 million in fuel costs and 240 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2026. The Vaccine Direct Delivery initiative in Sokoto increased served health facilities from 351 to 407, delivering approximately 3.41 million vaccine antigens to underserved communities. Additionally, eHealth Africa supported laboratories in multiple countries, operated eleven Emergency Operations Centres in Nigeria that hosted 546 coordination meetings, and reached thousands through medicine-surveillance and humanitarian logistics.
Readers should know that combining digital tools, renewable energy, and streamlined supply chains can cut costs and expand reach, offering a blueprint for sustaining immunisation gains and improving healthcare access. Policymakers and health partners might consider replicating these approaches to free up resources, with cumulative fuel savings already exceeding ₦414 million since the renewable energy programme began.