Insufficient funding and poor access to proper treament services are hampering Nigeria’s efforts to combat the menace of tuberculosis, a disease that killed an estimated 1.5 million people in  2013 including 360,000 people who were living with HIV.

Addis Ababa – Nigeria is to host a Special Summit of AU Heads of State and Government, tagged Abuja+12 Special Summit in July, to evolve modules that will intensify the effort of implementing programmes of Action Committee of AIDS Watch Africa (AWA).