Severe flooding in Maiduguri and several LGAs in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States has led to significant public health risks. The health impacts of the flooding include:

In response to the flood, the State Ministry of Health, with WHO's leadership, conducted a public health risk assessment to develop the Incident Action Plan that guided the response. WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA,IOM, IRC, MSF Spain, IMC, ACF, CBI, INTERSOS, MI, FHI 360, RHHF, LESGO, FIRST STEP, CASFOD, AHSF, CARE NIGERIA, and other partners provided essential, life-saving health services in IDP camps. Approximately 75,000 new consultations have been conducted in these camps to address common ailments and conditions, including communicable and non- communicable diseases and mental health issues.

The declaration of the cholera outbreak in the BAY states signals the need to scale up interventions to curb the epidemic. The Federal and State Ministry of Health, WHO, and partners are mounting the response around the below thematic areas: