Ahead of the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other health experts have called on governments to increase funding for Tuberculosis (TB) to achieve Nigeria’s goal of eradicating the disease by 2030.
The health experts, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at a media briefing to herald this year’s edition of World TB Day, said low awareness levels of the disease have posed a significant threat to efforts aimed at addressing the deadly disease.
Speaking at the event, the National Programme Officer for TB, WHO, Amos Omoniyi, said the disease remains a killer disease globally, with millions of cases and deaths recorded annually
