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KNCV Nigeria through the support of the NTBLCP with funding from Global Fund donates 20 Portable Digital X-ray machines to the Kano state Government.
KNCV Nigeria wins outstanding indigenous TB partner at the national TB conference 2021
KNCV Participates in the PDX Operationalisation Meeting in Abuja

WHO WE ARE

KNCV Nigeria is a National Non-Governmental Organization dedicated to the fight against Tuberculosis and other diseases of public health concern in Nigeria.

OUR VISION

A globally recognized center of excellence for the prevention and control of Tuberculosis and other diseases of public health concern in Nigeria.

OUR MISSION

To promote and support the prevention and control of TB and other diseases of public health concern in Nigeria through the implementation of innovative and evidence informed disease control strategies.

OUR VALUES

  • Integrity
  • Innovation 
  • Partnerships
  • Responsiveness
  • Inclusion

GLOBAL TB REPORT

TB facts in Nigeria

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

Nigeria accounts 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.

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.

Tuberculosis (TB) screenings are now conducted with portable Digital X-rays (PDX), and TB testing with TB LAMP, Truenat, and Genexpert platforms accross different LGAs in Nigeria

SUCCESS STORIES

We fight against TB/HIV in Nigeria

We are KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria. A local non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the deadliest infectious disease in Nigeria.

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