As nations strive to meet the sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Tuberculosis (TB) elimination by 2030, Nigeria is not left out, giving its present status in global disease prevalence fact sheets. According to the 2017 Global TB Report, Nigeria is among the 14 high burden countries for TB, TB/HIV and Multi-Drug Resistant TB (MDR-TBl). The country is also ranked 7th among the 30 high TB burden countries and 2nd in Africa.
Nigeria is also among the 10 countries that account for 64 percent of the global gap in TB case finding. India, Indonesia and Nigeria account for almost half of the total gap.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 210,000 new cases of all forms of TB occurred in the country in 2010, equivalent to 133 per 100,000 population.
The National Strategic Plan (NSP) on tuberculosis shows that Nigeria requires $336m to address TB challenges by 2020.
A breakdown of the funding in Nigeria so far shows that $31m (9 per cent) has been provided domestically, $90m…
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