A UNFPA reported noted that the aim of NSCIP is to accelerate the integration of supply chains for the five public health programmes and build efforts in 14 “pilot” states for eventual national scale-up. According to the report, its vision is to improve access to commodities through an efficient and harmonized LMD system, with visibility at all levels (Federal, State, LGA and SDP) and for all commodities across donors/programmes, within both the public and private sectors. Commodities will be privately managed by 3PLs through a zonal arrangement of six axial warehouses which will bypass State warehouses and distribute directly to SDPs. NSCIP has established Logistics Management Coordination Units (LMCUs) in all 36+1 states and rollout to the LGAs has begun. The project began with identifying areas of supply chain management needing support by having interviews with stakeholders regarding RH/FP service delivery access issues, including those related to commodity security. The annual facility surveys supported by UNFPA provide important information on the prevalence of stock-outs at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of the system, the availability of a range of contraceptive methods and life-saving maternal health/reproductive health medicines, as well as the utilization of logistics forms, frequency of training in logistics management and supervisory visits.

According to March 2019 interview with Dr. Peju Adenusi, General Manager of the Lagos State Health Management Agency, the insurance premium per year for a family of six is N40, 000, while it is N8,500 for single individuals. For families larger than six, every additional family member less than 18 years is N6,000 per person, per year. According to Dr. Adenusi, if the person is above 18 years of age, it will be N8,500 per person per year.

According to the clinical trial, the mHealth application is to be used by community health workers in intervention clusters to guide collection of relevant clinical data during antenatal visits. This clinical data is used to generate a risk estimate for any women with hypertension based on the miniPIERS (Pre-eclampsia Integrated Estimate of Risk) clinical risk prediction model. This risk estimate in combination with other pre-defined treatment triggers (severe hypertension (>160mmHg systolic) or proteinuria (>3+ dipstick); absence of fetal movements for greater than 12 hours; signs of recent stroke of seizure) are collected in the app and based on this data recommendations for care of the woman are provided.

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An analysis published in the journal PLOS One showed that only about 10 percent of eligible women received a birth kit; about 50 percent of those women used the kits; and those who used the kits had a slightly higher rate of complications than others. Researchers hypothesize that this outcome may be the result of kits being used as a replacement for formal health care, and they suggest further research is needed on the impact of birth kits, especially in communities that use formal health care at low rates.