Nigerian Interfaith Action Association (NIFAA)
2010

https://www.nigerianinterfaith.org

Originally developed under the auspices of CIFA, in collaboration with the Nigerian Ministry of Health and with funding from the World Bank, NIFAA is a national scale collaboration among Muslim and Christian leaders to end malaria and to address other public health issues .

 NIFAA continues under the leadership of Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubaka, President of the National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, and Pastor Supo Ayokunie, President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, and Executive Director Bishop Sunday N. Onuoha. In close collaboration with the Nigerian National Malaria Control ( NMCP) program and with funding from the World Bank, the Nigerian government, and the GHR Foundation, NIFAA mobilized Christian and Muslim faith leaders in the national campaign against malaria, engaging nearly 1,500 religious leaders, who in turn engaged over 15,000 local faith-based leaders to reach out to their congregations on malaria prevention and net usage. A national survey commissioned by NMCP and the World Bank indicated over 50 percent of children under age five were sleeping under bed nets in Akwa Ibom State, where intensive NIFAA training and mobilization of faith leaders occurred, compared to 25 percent in a comparable state where the faith community was not mobilized to complement the NMCP program.