Nigeria, May 12 -- Despite years of health sector reforms and repeated donor-backed interventions, Nigeria is still battling multiple active infectious disease outbreaks while nearly one in three children remains completely unvaccinated.

The concerns were raised at the launch of the European Union Support to Public Health Institutes in Nigeria (EU SPIN) project in Abuja on Monday.

The project is an EU-backed initiative designed to strengthen Nigeria's public health institutions, disease surveillance systems and emergency preparedness architecture.

In his opening remarks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Nigeria, Pavel Ursu, said Nigeria's health sector continues to face mounting pressure from recurring infectious d...