Nigeria ranks first in Africa and sixth in the world, accounting for about 4.6% of the global TB burden

An estimated 15 Nigerians die each hour due to TB, equivalent to about 347 deaths daily, 10,417 monthly

and 125,000 in a year.

• Nigeria’s TB incidence rate is about 219 in a 100,000 population with an estimated total of 467,000

  persons who have active TB disease. In 2021, the National TB, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Program

  (NTBLCP) notified 207,785 having a gap of 56% of the estimated cases unidentified.

• In 2021 about 2,975 DR-TB cases were diagnosed out of an estimated 21,000 cases in the country, leaving

  out more than 80% of the resistant cases missing

• Directly Observed Treatment short course (DOTs) clinics for TB treatment and care are available

  in up to 50% of health facilities in Nigeria, only 9% of these have facilities for laboratory diagnosis of TB

  infection and disease.

• TB Disease is often more severe in children less than 15 years, with higher mortality amongst those less

  than 5 years. The notification of children with active disease and latent TB has remained abysmally low,

  accounting for just 6% (out of the country’s total of 450,000) of all forms of notified TB cases in 2021.

• Only about 11% of children with TB disease out of the estimated country total of 77,000 cases were

  notified in 2021 by the NTBLCP.

• Of the $373 million needed for TB control in Nigeria in the year 2020, only 31% was available to all the

  implementers of TB control activities in Nigeria (7% domestic and 24% donor funds), with a 69% funding gap. The 7% domestic contribution is mainly for personnel.