Significant health challenges often hide in the quietest places. Along Nigeria’s northern borders, where roads thin out and health facilities are few, families are still dealing with vaccine-preventable diseases that the rest of the world rarely thinks about.
That’s why we’re here.
Isuna Technologies is partnering with Solina Health to extend the CSO-led strategy to the Wards in the International Border LGAs in Zamfara State. These are not your advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization interventions. This is part of the broader program covering the Lake Chad Basin, funded by the Gates Foundation, and focused on tackling real, stubborn barriers to immunization in places that have been left behind for too long.
The problem is severe. Between 2021 and 2024, over 3,000 cases of vaccine-derived polio were detected across 39 African countries. Almost 40 percent came from just one region—the Lake Chad Basin. Northern Nigeria plays a big part in that number, and it’s not hard to see why. People are constantly on the move. Clinics are far apart. Trust in government health programs is often shaky. Many children are still not receiving the vaccines they need.
This project is about changing that - but not by dropping in from outside. Our role at Isuna is to support something more local, more lasting. We’re working with people who already know these communities, speak the languages, and understand the daily realities. We’re co-creating a campaign that builds demand for vaccines from within. One who listens first and then acts.
Over the next few months, we’ll be working with local groups and state health teams to train community volunteers, develop culturally relevant materials, and set up early warning systems for detecting disease outbreaks. We’re making sure that families hear from voices they already trust - especially women, who often make the health decisions in their households but are rarely included in the planning.
This isn’t just about hitting targets. It’s about building a system that sticks. A system that stays after the funding ends. If we do this right, we won’t just raise vaccination numbers. We’ll help restore trust, build stronger local health networks, and lay the groundwork for healthier communities for years to come.
This is more than a campaign. It’s a step toward something better.