To bridge the significant funding shortfall in its fight against tuberculosis, TB, and achieve the goal of eliminating TB by 2030, Nigeria is seeking a $25 million N40 billion) investment from the private sector.
Pate, who spoke at the launch of the Private Sector Strategy to End Tuberculosis in Nigeria, organized by the Stop TB Nigeria Partnership, gave a call to action on the need for the private sector involvement in ending TB in Nigeria, saying the aim was to really energize and bring the public sector with the private sector to work together to end TB.
“What we are doing is to say, look, the federal government does its part, the state governments do their part, and we saw the wife of the Lagos state governor as well, and what Lagos state government is doing, and the private sector joins us alongside the development partners. Together, we can be able to end tuberculosis over time in Nigeria, but it’s a long journey.
The Sustainable Development Goal, SDG, targets for 2030 are a 90 percent reduction in the number of TB deaths and an 80 percent reduction in the new TB cases per 100,000 population per year, compared with 2015 levels. “The private sector must be comprehensively engaged in the provision of TB and other care to Nigeria. Over the years the consistent cuts in TB budget will currently stand at 70 percent. For example wide scale implementation of innovative quality and indigenous based intervention across the country with significant number of people yet to be reached.
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