Pro-Health International is an indigenous, faith-based, non-profit, non-governmental and community-focused organization that was established 30 years ago (1991). The establishment of PHI was in response to the dire health needs of Nigerians especially those in rural, hard-to-reach communities who cannot access health care due to the absence of a health facility in their community or remoteness of the nearest facility, ignorance or poor socio-economic background.

The Pro-Health medical team consists of specialist doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, medical students, other paramedics and non-health professionals who give of their time, services and skills without charge, to provide health care and health education to people especially the less-privileged. Thus PHI provides a platform that emphasizes and encourages voluntary, collaborative and resolute effort by fellow Africans to give back to society.

Over the past 30 years, PHI has taken qualitative and quantitative health care to the door steps of over 1.5 million people across African nations and beyond thereby building a proven track record of free health care delivery to communities where it is much needed. This is done through the operation of mobile healthcare clinics (referred to as medical missions or free health care projects (FHC)) at strategically selected communities for periods ranging between 1 and 2 weeks at each location.

In Nigeria, PHI has carried out free health care projects in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Federal Capital Territory, Gombe, Imo, Kano, Kogi, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers, Taraba and Yobe states of Nigeria.

PHI has also provided free health care projects in Haiti, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger Republic, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

Each year, 70,000 to 80,000 patients receive free medical treatment during our outreaches and medical missions providing both generalized and specialized healthcare services that include:

• Outpatient consultations
• Maternal, neonatal and pediatric health care
• Women’s reproductive health and family planning services
• General, gynecologic and specialized surgical operations
• Ophthalmic procedures (including cataract surgeries, refraction, provision of reading glasses and treatment of minor eye conditions)
• Dental care (including extractions, dentures, polishing, fillings and minor oral surgical procedures)
• HIV/AIDS prevention programs (including, HTC, PMTCT and C&OP services)
• Pharmaceutical services: provision of free medications and drug information
• Nutritional education: training of mothers to use locally available food items to prepare infant nutritional supplements
• General health education/promotion
• Referrals
• Behavioral counseling
• Attendance to emergencies arising from road traffic accidents or mass casualty events

All services provided by PHI are free of charge to the recipients.

For 30 years, PHI has acquired noticeable track record and experience in health care delivery, health project implementation and grant management. It has partnered with various state and local governments, government agencies, private indigenous organizations, foreign donor agencies, private philanthropic individuals, other NGOs and religious institutions to execute its projects.