From 2002 to 2008, the Partnership for Transforming Health Systems in Nigeria (PATHS) worked to advance health systems at the federal and state levels and improve the health status of Nigeria’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. PATHS operated in six states: Benue, Ekiti, Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, and Kano.

The overall goal of PATHS was improved health status of poor Nigerians, measured in terms of progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

The purpose of the programme was to improve the delivery and use of effective, replicable, and affordable health services for the management of priority health concerns. These included: malaria, maternal and child health, sustained drug supply, safe motherhood (EOC), and tuberculosis.