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Chairman of the ”Stop TB Partnership, Nigeria’, Prof. Lovett Lawson, who disclosed this in Lagos, said only 24 per cent comprising $32.72 million domestic funds, and $65.44 million donor funds were available to implementers of TB control services in the country.Speaking in Lagos at a dinner forum with the corporate sector on mobilising domestic resources to end TB in Nigeria, Lawson appealed for combined effort to bridge the funding gap if Nigeria is to meet the global goal for TB eradication.
On her part, the First Lady called for increased domestic funding and awareness creation for TB in the country, adding that focus should be intensified in the areas of advocacy and sensitisation of the public.
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