Political Economy Analysis in Kano State and Lagos State, Nigeria: Key Findings for Strengthening Multi-level Partnerships for Advancing Women’s Health

From 2016 to 2022, Pathfinder International led the Advance Family Planning (AFP) project, funded by the Gates Foundation (formerly the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), in Nigeria to advocate for contraception and increase government investments in family planning. Building on AFP’s lessons and successes, the Strengthening Multi-level Partnerships for Advancing Women’s Health project in Nigeria, led by Pathfinder and the Center for Communication and Social Impact, has worked in 2024 to support to the Nigerian government at the national level and in Kano and Lagos states to advocate for the implementation of favorable policies, sustainable domestic financing, and strengthened accountability mechanisms for women’s health, with a specific focus on maternal and newborn health and family planning. The briefs summarize key findings from the project’s political economy analysis of Kano and Lagos States.