The Healthcare Foundation AIDS (AHF) has joined partners worldwide to ask for stronger political commitments, greater financing and expanded access to tuberculosis services (TB) while the world observes the world day of tuberculosis.
In a statement that commemorates World Tuberculosis Day 2025, the AHF Defense and Marketing Manager Steve Aborisade, stressed that TB charged 1.25 million lives in 2023, according to the World Health Organization.
While the global TB incidence has decreased, progress remains too slow to meet international objectives. “It is estimated that 11 million people became ill with TB in 2023, with more than 80% of cases and deaths in low and medium -sized countries.”
“At least $ 22 billion are needed annually for the prevention and treatment of TB, however, global financing does not reach this objective.
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The Ahf Nigeria World of TB Day event will take place on Monday, March 24, in its seven state programs, Abuja, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Kogi and Nasarawa, to raise awareness about TB, the most dead infectious disease in the world, the main cause of death among people who live with HIV, and a large taxpayer to the TB world, the fatal cause.
The AHF TB initiatives urge governments to prioritize the prevention and treatment of tuberculosis, strengthen health systems and close the financing gap that continues to hinder progress. In Nigeria, AHF is collaborating with TB focal people in the states of Abuja-FCT, Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Cross River, Kogi and Nasarawa through live radio programming to educate and raise awareness about TB among the general population.
This initiative follows a radio tintineo in TB and HIV that was issued in recent months through the Operation States of AHF Nigeria. “AHF Nigeria supports the active detection of TB cases in communities of our seven states of operation through the mobilization and training of community volunteers, known as the 'community defense club'. These volunteers examine people for the symptoms of tuberculosis and direct those that exhibit symptoms to the points of points for diagnosis and treatment.”
AHF also prioritizes HIV/TB coinfection care in its clinics and has a prevention, detection and treatment of integrated TB for a long time in its world health programs. “AHF advocates changes in policies to make the medications and diagnoses of tuberculosis more accessible and affordable while involving communities and governments to commit to stronger TB control efforts,” said Dr. Echey Ijezie, director of the country program (CPD) of AHF Nigeria.