In a 2011 amendment to a Lagos state criminal act, former Governor Babatunde Fashola noted that a woman could not be found criminally responsible "for any act or omission which causes the death of her child who is under the age of 12 months, if at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by reason of: (a) Depression as a result of childbirth, postpartum or puerperal psychosis; or (b) previous history of depression or psychosis triggered by a re-occurrence because of childbirth or lactation/breastfeeding. (p.26) The law (p26) states that where the trial judge after ordering a medical examination finds that the balance of a woman's mind is still disturbed, he shall make an hospitalization order.

In 2012, former Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan launched Saving One Million Lives with a goal to save one million women and children from death by 2015. The initiative focused on evidence-based and cost effective interventions that aimed to address the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Some of the programs specific objectives included: Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health through delivering interventions at primary health care clinics and the prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV. The program was supported by federal government budgetary provisions like the Millenium Development Goal Debt Relief Grants and SURE-P, in addition to funding from other international donor agencies. After the 2015 presidential election, the program was restructured to become Saving One Million Lives Programs for Results.

The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) was launched by Goodluck Jonathan in 2012. The goal was to reinvest savings from Nigeria's fuel subsidy removal into infrastructure projects & social safety net programs. SURE-P MCH focused primarily on maternal and child health. SURE-P MCH project focused on the supply and demand side of health services. The ‘supply' focused part of the scheme involved increasing and improving both the infrastructure and human resources needed to improve health service delivery at the primary health care level. Examples of this included the renovation of health care facilities; supply equipment and medicines, and increasing the number of trained health workers like community health extension workers (CHEWs) and village health workers (VHWs) in facilities. The ‘demand creation’ component of the project aimed to increase the utilization of maternal and child health services in the primary health centres through the use of financial incentives like the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT).

ZIFAS increased the coverage and quality of antenatal care using low-dose Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (IFAS) to reduce pregnancy-related illnesses and deaths resulting from anaemia in pregnancy. Using a health system strengthening approach, ZIFAS ensured a long-term sustainable supply of ZIFAS in the public health system. The project team improved systems for forecasting and procurement as well as supply chain management, provided training for health managers and service providers, and strengthened government systems for monitoring and evaluation.

Women For Health is a DFID funded project aimed at addressing the rural staffing shortages of women health workers in five northern states. Since November 2012, W4H has increased the number and capacity of female health workers in Borno, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Yobe, and Zamfara by: Improving the capacity of colleges of nursing and midwifery and colleges of health technology to train female health workers, improving the accreditation status and training capacity of health training colleges, and increasing graduation rates; Improving the recruitment, deployment, and retention of midwives in rural facilities while implementing a Foundation Year Training Programme, or access course, for rural women to improve their academic credentials, study skills, and confidence to enter health worker training; Engaging with community, religious, and training institutions to create a gender-friendly environment for women to pursue health careers, and facilitating locally led scale-up; Institutionalising short-term courses and modules in the curriculum to prepare health workers for deployment in conflict settings and humanitarian programming.