About Us
Our Story
PNP is a program of GEANCO Foundation. In April 2014, we started an anemia monitoring and intervention program for pregnant women. Through the anemia program, we partnered with healthcare organisations to identify and treat anemia cases in pregnant women. In the course of that program we had first hand experience how the most vulnerable women existed outside the formal channels of hospital systems. These women preferred to get care from trusted community based traditional birthing centers. We stepped into this fringe space by transforming selected birthing centers and bringing in nurses to improve the quality of care given at these birthing centers. This led to the development of a network of 6 modular family health centers serving over 9,000 families.
Primecare Nursing Practice (PNP) Program is a continuation of the success of the modular clinics. The PNP Program scales the success of the modular clinic network and leverages the value of nurse-led clinics who are embedded directly in underserved communities to deliver quality and affordable healthcare.
Why We Exist
Our work addresses a critical socioeconomic crisis. According to World Bank data, 64% of the Nigerian population lives below $3.70 a day, and 91% lives on less than $7 a day. For this overwhelming majority, access to affordable, quality
healthcare is a mirage.
Registered Nurses and Midwives are the frontline backbone of community health.
However, many lack the advanced clinical training, organizational acumen, and infrastructure required to scale their impact. Our PNP Program bridges this gap by transforming nurse-owned clinics into high impact, self sustaining medical hubs.
Program Mission
We support nurses to deliver quality, affordable and sustainable
healthcare services to underserved communities
Program Vision
Healthy families in every community.
Program Core Strategy: Empowering Nurse-Led Clinics
We believe that improving healthcare in low resource settings requires sustainable, community rooted solutions. Registered Nurses and Midwives are uniquely positioned to deliver reliable, continuous care that enhances patient outcomes, drives efficiency, and builds local trust.Â
By investing in these front line leaders, our project harnesses and expands their existing capacity. We take high potential, nurse owned clinics and turn them into resilient, high impact medical hubs. Through a strategic combination of advanced clinical education, organizational management training, and essential equipment upgrades, we ensure these clinics become both medically excellent and financially self sustaining.
What We Do
Capacity Development
We develop and support community based nurses to enable them provide quality and affordable services to families in their community. The key clinical and non-clinical areas we cover include:
- Pediatrics
- Geriatrics
- Mental Health
- Emergency Care
- Pathophysiology
- Telemedicine
- Branding
- Facility Management
- Organizational Management
- Succession and Sustainability Planning
- Personal Finance
The training aspect can be accessed through our mobile app and includes online modules, onsite learning, case-based learning, peer learning, and LMS-supported assessments.
Join the PNP Network
The Primecare Nursing Professional Network gives nurses and midwives access to continued learning, mentorship, professional resources, clinic growth opportunities, and a supportive community of healthcare leaders across Nigeria.
Certificate Training
Priority access to specialized clinical and healthcare management courses.
Clinic Upgrade Opportunities
Qualified members may access targeted equipment grants and clinic development support.
Doctor Collaborative Network
Connect with medical specialists for referrals, consultations, and improved patient care.
Our Commitment
We are committed to building a stronger healthcare system by investing in the nurses who serve closest to the people.
By strengthening nurse-owned clinics, we are not only improving healthcare access; we are also supporting sustainable community-based healthcare models that can grow, serve, and last.
The Primecare Nursing Practice Program is more than a training initiative. It is a pathway to better clinics, better care, and healthier communities.
Ready to Transform Nurse-Owned Clinics?
Join us in building stronger, better-equipped, and more sustainable nurse-led clinics across Nigeria.