FLAG OFF OF THE WOW COVID-19/TB INTEGRATED TESTING INTERVENTION IN KADUNA STATE
The flag-off of the integrated community COVID TB Active Case Finding using the WoW truck in Owerri Imo State on the 7th of September, 2020
KNCV Nigeria deploys the Delft Light backpack to the field.
The KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria team led by our Executive Director, Dr. Bethrand Odume will be presenting Abstracts at the 51st Union World Conference on lung health. Date is on the 20-24th October, 2020.
Nigeria is among the 14 high burden countries for TB
TB/HIV and Multi Drug Resistant TB. The country is ranked seventh among the 30 high TB burden countries and second in Africa. The problem of TB in Nigeria has been made worse by the issues of drug resistant TB and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
According to the World Health Organization, Nigeria is among the ten countries that account for 64% of the global gap in TB case finding. India, Indonesia and Nigeria account for almost half of the total gap.
In Nigeria, of an estimated 21,000 drug-resistant TB cases recorded, only 2,275 (11%) were diagnosed and enrolled on second line treatment as at end of 2018
Of the $278 million needed for TB control in Nigeria in the year 2018, only 40% was available to all the implementers of TB control activities in Nigeria (8% domestic and 32% donor funds), with 60% funding gap.
Low case detection and lack of adequate knowledge about TB due to low awareness creation are two of the major challenges facing TB response in Nigeria.
To end TB in Nigeria, more domestic resources are needed especially from government at all levels and from corporate sector to support TB programs and services.
SUCCESS STORIES
Abdulfata Abdulsalami was a technician with the Nigerian Police Force, his job was to fix damaged police cars, something that required lots of energy and physical strength.
To say that Maryam Hassan’s life has been hard is an understatement. From the age of nine, she suffered from constant pain and fever, then came a loss of appetite, weight loss, nausea, and even swollen feet.
“Had it not been for the wonder truck, she would have died,” says Endurance Sabo. She is talking of the Wellness On Wheels (WoW) truck, an initiative of the USAID-funded Challenge TB project.
We are KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria. A local non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest infectious disease in the Nigeria.