Prevention & Public Health Interventions

MODHIP leads proactive public health interventions that protect military personnel, families, and civilian communities across Nigeria. Prevention Is Our First Line of Defense.

Stopping Disease Before It Starts.
Protecting Lives Before Treatment Is Needed.

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Reducing Disease Burden Through Proactive, Community-Centered Health Strategies

Prevention is at the heart of MODHIP’s mission to strengthen military and national health security. Through community-level and facility-based interventions, MODHIP reduces disease transmission, detects infections early, and strengthens Nigeria’s frontline defense against epidemics and emerging health threats.

Our prevention programs are fully aligned with national public health strategies, WHO standards, and PEPFAR-supported frameworks—ensuring global best practice with local impact.

MODHIP implements a wide range of preventive health strategies designed to:

  • Reduce HIV transmission and improve treatment outcomes

  • Strengthen infection prevention and control across military facilities

  • Expand community-based screening and early detection

  • Prevent mother-to-child transmission

  • Improve public health literacy

  • Protect military personnel during deployments

  • Reduce the risk and impact of emerging infectious diseases

Our prevention programs ensure healthier communities, stronger military readiness, and improved national resilience.

MODHIP operates a tiered national laboratory network, including:

  • Defence Reference Laboratory (DRL), Abuja – National military reference hub
  • TB Modular Reference Laboratory – National TB diagnostics and resistance testing
  • Military Hospital Laboratories Nationwide – Routine and surveillance diagnostics
  • GeneXpert Network – Decentralized molecular TB testing across the country
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MODHIP’s prevention programs prioritize:

  • Active-duty military personnel
  • Military spouses and families
  • Host civilian communities
  • Women and children
  • High-risk and underserved populations
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MODHIP’s prevention strategy uniquely integrates:

  • Military discipline in field operations

  • Civilian community engagement models

  • Faith- and youth-based outreach partnerships

  • State and local public health coordination

This hybrid model allows MODHIP to operate with precision, speed, trust, and cultural sensitivity.

Delivered across DRL, CTRC Kaduna, and partner facilities.

Training Includes:

  • Infection Prevention & Control (IPC)

  • PMTCT updates

  • Cervical cancer prevention

  • Early Infant Diagnosis (EID)

  • Recency testing

  • HIV self-testing protocols

  • Malaria prevention and supervision

  • Vaccination preparedness and deployment support

These trainings help create a highly capable military health workforce.

MODHIP plays a strategic role in:

  • Rapid disease surveillance

  • Emergency sample collection

  • Field investigation support

  • Public health risk communication

  • Deployment of IPC reinforcement teams

This ensures Nigeria’s Defence Health system remains ready for epidemics, pandemics, and national health emergencies.

MODHIP’s prevention programs are strengthened through collaboration with:

  • Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH)

  • Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)

  • State Ministries of Health

  • PEPFAR

  • International development partners

  • Community-based organizations

  • Prevention anchored in military precision and discipline

  • Community trust built through consistent outreach

  • Strong linkage between testing, care, and treatment

  • Continuous data-driven targeting

  • National scale implementation with localized strategy

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Our preventive health interventions have contributed to:

  • Increased HIV case identification & suppressed viral loads

  • Higher PMTCT success rates with thousands of HIV-free births

  • Increased TB detection & reduced diagnostic delays

  • Better IPC compliance across 44+ facilities

  • Improved early detection of emerging infectious diseases

  • Strengthened public trust and community health linkages

Prevention remains the foundation of MODHIP’s contribution to national health resilience.

Our Core Areas of Focus

Our Core Areas of Focus

Key Intervention
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MODHIP delivers targeted prevention programs across high-impact priority areas.

We implement comprehensive HIV prevention services across MOD and partner facilities, including:

  • Provider-initiated testing and counseling

  • Community outreach testing

  • Recency testing to detect recent infections

  • HIV self-testing distribution

  • PrEP initiation and adherence support

  • Risk reduction counseling

This approach helps identify cases early, link clients to treatment quickly, and interrupt community transmission.

MODHIP ensures that pregnant women in military and surrounding communities receive:

  • Routine HIV testing

  • ART initiation for positive mothers

  • Infant prophylaxis

  • Early Infant Diagnosis (EID)

  • Follow-up care through post-natal visits

Through PMTCT, thousands of infants are born HIV-free each year.

We strengthen IPC practices across military hospitals and clinics by providing:

  • Standard precautions training

  • Safe injection practices

  • Hand-hygiene improvement campaigns

  • Waste management protocols

  • Outbreak containment training

  • Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) surveillance

These programs protect both healthcare workers and clients.

MODHIP integrates cervical cancer screening into HIV and reproductive health services by offering:

  • VIA (Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid)

  • HPV testing (where available)

  • Referral for treatment of detected lesions

  • Provider upskilling in cervical cancer prevention

This reduces long-term morbidity among military women and community clients.

To support national health security, MODHIP provides:

  • Community education on infectious disease risks

  • Surveillance support for Lassa fever, Ebola, Mpox, and other threats

  • PPE distribution and training

  • Rapid testing linkages with DRL & TB Labs

  • Preparedness exercises and field simulation training

These interventions reduce outbreaks and improve readiness.

MODHIP enhances TB prevention through:

  • Routine TB screening for HIV-positive clients

  • Contact tracing and presumptive case identification

  • GeneXpert-based rapid diagnosis

  • TB preventive therapy (TPT) rollout

  • Community education on symptoms and stigma reduction

This ensures early detection and reduces transmission within military barracks and communities.

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Whether you are a community organization, military facility, donor agency, or health partner, MODHIP welcomes collaboration to expand preventive health services nationwide.