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July 11, 2019
Some health experts have lamented that the funding for thecontrol of tuberculosis by the Federal Government and international donors inthe country is inadequate.
They stated this in Abuja while briefing newsmen on theNational TB Conference and the Lagos TB Dinner Forum organized by the Stop TBPartnership Nigeria.
The Board Chairman, Stop TB Partnership Nigeria, LovettLawson said the country needed seventy six per cent more funding for TB controlcompared to the current funding level for the country to end TB in 2030.
He added that other sources of funding are obviouslyrequired if Nigeria is to meet this target.
Lawson said very little had been done to involve corporate,financial and oil and gas companies as it’s done in other countries to make upthe difference in funding.
The National Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and LeprosyControl Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health Adebola Lawanson said Nigeriaand India accounted for forty eight per cent of global TB deaths.(��