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Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH)
Coalition advocacy and social accountability that pushed governments to fund and implement nutrition policy at national level and in Kaduna, Niger and Nasarawa.
Why it matters
Policies need budgets and follow-up
The National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition existed, but states had not domesticated it and health and nutrition were underfunded.
7.37% → 11.4%
Kaduna’s health share of the state budget, 2014 to 2017
Source: PACFaH section, Knowledge Extraction Report, June 2026
Results
What PACFaH achieved
NSPAN adopted in 3 statesKaduna, Niger and Nasarawa adopted the national nutrition plan.
Kaduna health budget upFrom 7.37% of the state budget in 2014 to 11.4% in 2017.
344 people trained in advocacyAcross eight advocacy trainings.
153 people trained in budget trackingAcross eight budget-tracking trainings.
101 CSOs engagedIn coalition advocacy and accountability.
51 faith-based organisationsReached through the project’s capacity building.
How we worked
Coalitions with a budget focus
- Training of trainers built a pool of local advocacy facilitators.
- Budget tracking followed allocations through to release.
- Government champions sped up policy implementation.
- Media partnerships amplified advocacy asks.
What we learned
Coordinated coalitions win more.A united voice carried more weight with government.
Budget tracking builds accountability.Published figures made commitments harder to ignore.
Engagement must be continuous.Political commitment fades without follow-up.
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