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Practice 02 Health Security & Biosecurity

Turning health-security commitments into systems that work.

PresentLab works with public institutions, funders, and delivery partners to strengthen preparedness, coordination, and institutional capability—from policy and financing to surveillance and frontline response.

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Selected work

Grounded in the work
of institutions.

Our experience in Nigeria’s port-health system connects preparedness, public health–security coordination, and institutional reform.

01 / Preparedness2026

From assessment to operational priorities

Five Nigerian airports

PresentLab provided technical support to a Port Health Services-led rapid preparedness assessment, combining structured assessment and refresher training.

Output
A cross-airport gap analysis and priorities for follow-up.
Status
Assessment completed, 4–18 August 2026. Detailed findings subject to Ministry validation.
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The question

Which capabilities were evidenced at the time of assessment, and where should institutions focus next?

PresentLab’s contribution

Technical support to the Port Health Services Division assessment team, with evidence drawn from interviews, document review and observation.

How to read the findings

A rapid, point-in-time baseline supports prioritisation. Provisional scores do not certify readiness or establish sustained operational improvement.

02 / Institutional reform2026

Making port-health procedures clearer

Maritime Port Health Services

PresentLab contributed to the review of maritime procedures, translating technical requirements into clearer operational guidance and public-facing information.

Output
Revised working materials, editorial review and a simplified public-facing SOP.
Status
Prepared for institutional consideration; approval and publication are not yet confirmed.
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The question

How can officers and port users find clear guidance on requirements, service steps, decisions, payments and complaints?

PresentLab’s contribution

Technical input to PHS maritime SOP work and review connected to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network and Convention on Business Integrity initiative.

Institutional ownership

Port Health Services and the Ministry retain responsibility for approving procedures and service commitments. The work described here is drafting and review.

03 / Multisector coordination2023

Examining decisions across health and security

Tabletop exercise · Abuja

PresentLab participated as an evaluator in a tabletop exercise examining coordination during simulated biological and chemical emergencies at points of entry.

Output
Observations and recommendations on responsibilities, reporting and access to resources.
Status
Exercise completed, 23–24 August 2023. Follow-through outcomes are not established.
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The question

How would institutions coordinate decisions, authority and resources during a complex emergency?

PresentLab’s contribution

Evaluation participation. The exercise was convened by the Federal Ministry of Health’s Port Health Services and the Office of the National Security Adviser.

Leadership experience

Olaoluwa Akinloluwa designed and led the exercise while working with Pro-Health International, and co-facilitated it with WHO. This experience is distinct from PresentLab’s evaluator role.

Areas of work

A whole-system view
of health security.

Six connected areas of work. Engagements draw on the capabilities and partnerships required by the institution, challenge and stage of delivery.

01

Preparedness and response

Assessments, contingency planning, simulation exercises and workforce capability. We help institutions identify gaps, rehearse decisions and organise follow-through.

Assess · Plan · Exercise

02

Biosecurity and multisector coordination

Biological-risk governance and collaboration between public health, security and other sectors. We work on roles, reporting pathways and access to the resources a response needs.

Govern risk · Coordinate · Respond

03

Policy and institutional reform

Governance instruments, procedures and accountability. Our advisory scope connects the WHO Pandemic Agreement and implementation of the amended International Health Regulations to practical institutional priorities.

Policy · Procedures · Accountability

04

Surveillance and early warning

Feasibility, surveillance design and the use of evidence in decisions. This includes scoping emerging approaches and connecting surveillance at points of entry with national systems.

Assess feasibility · Design · Connect

05

Regional and cross-border cooperation

Information-sharing arrangements, coordination mechanisms and safer movement. We help partners work through responsibilities across institutions, borders and transport corridors.

Share information · Align action

06

Programme design and sustainable financing

Feasibility studies, investment priorities and delivery arrangements. We connect technical choices with costs, institutional ownership and the resources needed to sustain a programme.

Cost · Prioritise · Sustain

How we work

Evidence into action.
Capability that lasts.

We work across hazards and sectors, connecting human, animal and environmental health where relevant. Each engagement makes room for ownership, financing and follow-through.

  1. 01

    Understand

    Establish the baseline. Listen to the people doing the work; examine evidence, responsibilities and constraints.

  2. 02

    Design

    Develop practical options. Agree priorities, procedures, resources and an achievable delivery sequence.

  3. 03

    Test

    Use exercises, reviews and competency checks to examine how decisions and procedures work in practice.

  4. 04

    Embed

    Build institutional ownership. Connect training, supervision, financing and coordination to everyday work.

  5. 05

    Review

    Track agreed actions and reassess. Make change visible while being clear about what the evidence can show.

Measure what the evidence can support.

Assessments establish a baseline and identify specific gaps. Reassessment using consistent methods can track change. We distinguish completed activities, demonstrated capability and longer-term outcomes—and make limitations explicit.

Partner with us

Build the next stage
of capability.

Start with the institutional need. We can help shape a programme, contribute technical expertise to a partnership, or deliver a defined assignment.

For funders

Fund a programme

Connect evidence and investment. Explore a programme with defined priorities, institutional ownership, delivery arrangements and a clear approach to learning.

Explore programme funding
For delivery partners

Deliver with PresentLab

Bring complementary capabilities together. Shape a joint proposal or delivery partnership with clear roles, technical contributions and accountability.

Discuss joint delivery
For institutions

Commission technical support

Define an assessment, exercise, policy review or feasibility assignment. Agree the question, scope, outputs and next steps with the team.

Scope an assignment

People and knowledge

Meet the practice.
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Practice leadership

Olaoluwa Akinloluwa

Managing Director / Lead, Policy & Health Security

Olaoluwa works across health security, pandemic preparedness and health policy, with experience in point-of-entry readiness, public health–security coordination and medical countermeasures. His background includes advisory roles at Pro-Health International and IQVIA.

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