Nigeria's First Lady Donates N1 Billion to Support Fight Against Tuberculosis

Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has donated N1 billion through the Renewed Hope Initiative to support the fight to end the Tuberculosis epidemic in Nigeria by 2030.

Mrs Tinubu, a former lawmaker, also dedicated the investiture"to Daniel, one of my staff, who unfortunately lost his life to the disease and to others who we have lost just like him by remaining silent". WHO said a total of 1.3 million people died from TB in 2022, including 167,000 people with HIV. Globally, TB is the second leading infectious killer disease after COVID-19 .Mrs Tinubu applauded the role of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in raising awareness which has led to a significant improvement in case finding, treatment, and coverage of the disease.

"I kindly appeal that you all use your exalted positions to amplify awareness about Tuberculosis, to end the stigma associated with it, and to help patients in your respective states access the available treatments and support".In her remarks, the Executive Director of Global Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Lucica Ditiu, appealed to Nigeria to mobilise domestic resources for the purpose of addressing the scourge.

She said:"Nigeria doesn't need technical assistance to fight TB. Nigeria knows how to diagnose, detect, and treat their people. There are innovative ways to source the needed funds for TB response, especially from the private sector. "We are scaling up the use of digital X-ray with artificial intelligence for TB screening among key and vulnerable populations as we currently boast of 51 mobile digital X-ray platforms nationwide within the program, and an additional 350 digital X-ray machines will be available before the end of June 2024," he said.

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