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Following Nigeria\u2019s successful containment of its domestic EVD outbreak in 2014, the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA) mission deployed 196 Nigerian public health professionals, the largest single-nation contingent, to Liberia and Sierra Leone. This commentary reflects on that deployment, highlighting operational contributions, innovations, and the enduring impact of the mission on Africa\u2019s public health security landscape. The Nigerian team strengthened Ebola Treatment Units (ETUs), surveillance, epidemiological investigations, laboratory testing, infection prevention and control (IPC), community mobilisation, and restoration of essential health services. Significantly, no responder infections occurred under Nigeria\u2019s deployment. The mission reinforced African-led outbreak response and contributed to the evolution of regional security structures, including the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the African Union Volunteer Health Corps (AVOHC). 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