Nigeria’s federal health-policy authority with public-health and medicines agencies; state healthcare delivery is outside this national overview.
Health Governance Explorer, Pilot country
How health governance works in Nigeria
Disease control, food and medicine oversight, pharmaceutical research
A national-level selection. NAFDAC and NIPRD are represented as agencies listed under the ministry’s Food and Drug Services Department; their own statutory independence is not overridden by this chart.
Explore the institutions
Government health structure
Open an organization profile from the chart. Relationship labels and evidence links show how institutions connect.Same level = institutions connected to the central authorityLower level = institution connected through another agency
Verified institutional connections are shown in a horizontal hierarchy. Organizations sharing a row need not have identical legal status; read each relationship label.
Central health authority
National agency for disease surveillance, epidemic preparedness and response, collaborating with the federal health ministry.
Federal ministry department developing policy on pharmaceuticals, food and medical products and liaising with sector regulators.
Nigeria’s national food and medical-product regulator, explicitly included in the ministry Food and Drug Services list of agencies.
National pharmaceutical-research institute listed among agencies coordinated by Food and Drug Services.
Position shows the documented relationship, not equal legal status or authority. Click a card for its profile, or Evidence for the source.
Public health and disease control
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention →
National agency for disease surveillance, epidemic preparedness and response, collaborating with the federal health ministry.
Food and pharmaceutical services
- Food and Drug Services Department →
Federal ministry department developing policy on pharmaceuticals, food and medical products and liaising with sector regulators.
- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control →
Nigeria’s national food and medical-product regulator, explicitly included in the ministry Food and Drug Services list of agencies.
- National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development →
National pharmaceutical-research institute listed among agencies coordinated by Food and Drug Services.
- Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare — Government health ministry
- Food and Drug Services Department — Internal ministry department
- National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control — Medicines & health-product regulator
- National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development — Government medicines research institute
- Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention — National public-health agency
Evidence and scope
This independent directory summarizes public institutional relationships from official sources. It is not an official government service or a complete map of health providers, hospitals, or regional authorities. Relationships were checked on 24 October 2026.