WHO statistics: Has TB come to stay in Nigeria?

Governments of over 163 countries in 2015 promised to end TB by 2030; however, as the current rate of TB declines to 1.5 per cent, reports indicate that a remarkable increase of over 10 per cent of funding by 2025 globally would be required if the target is to be met by 2030. This is as the World Health Organization (WHO) recently ranked Nigeria as the country with highest cases of TB in Africa. Kehinde Osasona examines Nigeria’s precarious situation. Read his report here.