SFH · West Africa

Public health,
multiplied

Society for Family Health is one of Africa’s leading not-for-profit public-health and social-enterprise networks — across five West African countries.

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Maternal & child health

Healthier mothers,
thriving children

Forty years of family planning, maternal and child health work — reaching tens of millions across the region.

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The SFH network

A network of
mission-driven entities

Country offices, programme entities, and a growing institute — eight SFH entities delivering across West Africa.

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Products & supply

Last-mile health,
in every market

From SFH Access warehouses to community pharmacists — essential health products delivered where they’re needed most.

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40+Years of public-health work across the region
5Operating countries across West Africa
5Entities under one mission
50M+Lives reached every year

A leading African public-health group

SFH is one of Africa’s leading not-for-profit public-health and social-enterprise organisations, committed to improving health outcomes and expanding equitable access to quality healthcare — in partnership with governments, donors, communities, development institutions, and the private sector.

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Vision

Healthy Lives for All.

Mission

To improve health outcomes by ensuring communities have access to affordable, quality, and gender-sensitive health services and commodities.

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A community health worker stands with a young mother holding her baby

A clinician performing a routine check-up at an SFH clinic

Our Countries

Closer to home, in five countries

Each country office runs its own programmes, partnerships, and local presence — with shared standards and evidence from across SFH.

A family in Nigeria; SFH’s country of origin and largest operating office.

Founding office

SFH Nigeria

SFH’s founding country office and largest operating company. Forty years of public-health work across 16 field offices, reaching tens of millions of Nigerians each year through programmes in HIV, malaria, maternal & child health, family planning, and health-system strengthening.

Established: 1985
Field offices: 16
States covered: 36 + FCT

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