@StopTB@LucicaDitiu@mayowajoel STPN reaffirms its commitment to working with the National Assembly, govt & partners to make this reform count towards #EndingTB in Nigeria.
Stop TB Partnership Nigeria presented a memorandum at the House Committee on Infectious Diseases public hearing on HB 2523; which proposes expanding NACAβs mandate to cover TB & Malaria as NAC-TAM. STPN backs the bill, with key safeguards. π§΅ #EndTB
@StopTB@LucicaDitiu@mayowajoel One legal note: an HIV Trust Fund already exists under a 2022 law β so HB 2523βs proposed Trust Fund covering all 3 diseases will need further amendment to align.
Happy 66th Independence Day, Nigeria! π³π¬
A free Nigeria is also a healthy Nigeria. We're still working for a nation free from TB, where everyone can get tested and treated.
Coughing for 2+ weeks? Get tested. It's free.
#NigeriaAt66#EndTB#TBFreeNigeria
Happy 66th Birthday to Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Global and National Stop TB Champion! #HappyBirthdayFirstLady
@statehouse_Fl@StopTB As you celebrate this day, we pray that Almighty God grants you good health, renewed strength, wisdom and many more fruitful years in service to humanity.
TB is still killing people, educated and uneducated without them knowing the cause." Chief Austin Arinze Obiefuna, Vice Chair of Stop TB Partnership Geneva, at a national TB workshop, as Nigeria's nPOC rollout brings portable X-ray diagnostics to communities that never had access
@StopTB@LucicaDitiu@mayowajoel@tbpeoplenigeria This workshop is part of RADxAR-TB project to advocate for equitable access to new tools such as the Near Point of Care tools for testing. Giving survivors the chance to save their communities
They survived TB. Now they are at the forefront of Nigeria's fight to end TB.
Day 1 of National workshop for TB Survivors and Community Advocates kicked off today at Abuja, hosted by Stop TB Partnership Nigeria under the RADxAR-TB Project.
@StopTB@LucicaDitiu@mayowajoel@tbpeoplenigeria Now they're educating communities on TB symptoms and early testing, identify and refer presumed cases to care, break stigma and misinformation using their own stories.
Day 3 of Stop Tuberculosis Partnership Nigeria (STPN) 3-day non-residential workshop on nPOC Implementation Plan
Today's focus: the roadmap for deploying Pluslife near-POC TB diagnostic devices across 250 sites in 31 states, covering all six geopolitical zones.
The session mapped the journey from preparation β facility-level deployment, focusing on capacity building, technical support & the implementation framework. With AFKMED leading implementation across 250 sites, organised into 10 operational teams, backed by 20 engineers.