Society for Family Health Nigeria

The Society for Family Health (SFH) Nigeria is a non governmental organisation (NGO), incorporated in 1985, working in partnership with communities, government, donors and the private sector for universal health coverage and social justice for all Nigerians. SFH has established presence in the 6 geo-political zones in Nigeria where it deploys health system strengthening and total market approaches to unify the private and public health sector; scaling an Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) offering of good quality to all Nigerians. This was successfully done by leveraging on over thirty years of thought leadership in a range of practical community level interventions and policy engagements to scale population level impact. SFH connects all Nigerians in an innovative social business model to expand access to essential health commodities while boosting overall national health financing. 
Since SFH was founded thirty-five years ago by three eminent Nigerians, Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Mallam Dahiru Wali and Hon. Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako, the organisation has evolved on a platform of reflection, learning and driving innovation while working with our communities, donors, the government of Nigeria (GoN) and their strategic partners. SFH has grown to become one of the largest and most respected NGOs operating in Nigeria. With offices across the country, warehousing/logistics system, and a network of hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and patent and proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) or owner-operated retail drug outlets, SFH has built a nationwide reach with strong constituency base across every community in the country, reaching an estimated 60 million Nigerians with services, information and products in 2018 alone.
SFH's intervention areas include; Treating and positively changing behaviour towards malaria prevention and treatment with the use of rapid diagnostic test or microscopy, HIV/TB treatment and prevention (including Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission), adolescent and young people programming, reproductive health and family planning (RH/FP), health policy and financing, Pharma systems strengthening, research and management information systems, cervical cancer screening and prevention and safe water systems.
History.
SFH is a public health institution in Nigeria founded in 1983 by Honourable Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako, Prof. Olikoye Ransome-Kuti (late), Pharm (Mallam) Dahiru Wali and Mr. Phil Harvey. SFH began as a Population Services International (PSI) affiliate with one HIV grant and reproductive health products for distribution in Nigeria.
In 1985 SFH was incorporated as a Nigerian non-governmental organisation and in 1994 released the award-winning "Who Get This Rain Coat" Gold Circle Condom/Family Planning campaign on national television. In the late 1980s it went into partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to distribute Gold Circle condoms in Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States, in South Western Nigeria. It soon scaled up its operations, expanding nationwide, and commencing the marketing of oral contraceptives, in partnership with USAID. A partnership with the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) followed, which also focuses on the marketing of condoms oral and injectable contraceptives, and a water-based lubricant.
By 1997 SFH was distributing seventeen million condoms annually, and by 2009, 200 million condoms all over Nigeria at a subsidised price. In 2003 SFH launched its malaria programme, in partnership with USAID. This focused on both the treatment and prevention of malaria, one of the biggest causes of infant and child mortality in Nigeria. The malaria programme has grown significantly, with funding and support from The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The focus is now on the use of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACT) and conducting Rapid Diagnostic Test for malaria before treatment as well as encouraging proper use of Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets.
In 2005 SFH became the first Nigerian organisation to receive direct funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement programmes in reproductive health. SFH now has 20 regional offices and 14 active projects present in 36 states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory where the organisation is headquartered.
The organisation also helps to ensure healthy pregnancies, safe deliveries, child spacing and emergency interventions for women at risk with funding support from several national and international donors and funders including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, United States International Development Agency, UK Department for International Development UK, Oxfam Novib, United Nations Population Fund and the Global Fund to fight HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Board of Trustees.
SFH Nigeria's board of trustees are as follows; 
Operations & Locations.
Society for Family Health Nigeria has 20 regional offices and 7 project specific offices operating in the 36 states of Nigeria. These locations include Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Cross River, Edo, Enugu, Gombe, Ilorin, Imo, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and FCT- Abuja Field and Headquarters. The Society for Family Health Nigeria works in six key thematic areas; each deliberately selected as identified fields which significantly affect family health in Nigeria. The thematic areas include: Safe Water Systems in Nigeria: The role of WaterGuard Plus ® and Purifier of Water ®, Family Planning and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Healthcare, HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment, Malaria Prevention and Treatment and Health and Social Systems Strengthening. SFH Nigeria’s thematic areas are enveloped in different projects which are implemented in many states across Nigeria.
SFH creates demand for life saving health commodities through social marketing; commodities are stored at the SFH Warehouse in Ota, Ogun State. At the 7,400 square meters warehouse SFH's commodities are packaged and properly stored; in addition there is a condom testing lab where male condoms are tested before packaging and distribution.