The Lagos State Government, StopTB Partnership Nigeria and other stakeholders on ending tuberculosis say Lagos State presently has the highest burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They made the assertion at a Dinner Forum with Corporate Sector on Mobilising Domestic Resources to End TB in Nigeria in Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prof. Lovett Lawson, Chairman of the Nigerian Stop TB Partnership, said, \u201cLagos has the highest burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria, while Nigeria has the 6th highest burden of tuberculosis in the world and the first in Africa.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Lawson, the challenge of TB in Lagos State is associated with large population and poor living conditions of those living in congregate settings with low awareness of TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He described TB as an airborne disease, which makes it infectious to all categories of people, irrespective of age, sex, ethnicity, class or religion, since we all breathe the same air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is the leading cause of death in adults globally of all infectious diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe WHO estimates that no fewer than 1.6 billion people, about a third of the world\u2019s population, are infected with TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf these, 9.6 million developed clinical TB in 2017 and the disease killed about 1.6 million people that year, compared to 1.2 million killed by HIV, 95 per cent of these occurring in the developing world with the majority in Sub Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever, of the estimated 9.6 million infected, only six million (63 per cent) were reported to WHO with a loss of about 37 per cent,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He called for increased funding and commitment to reduce the scourge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe hope that at the end of this meeting, those of us here will be better enlightened and more committed to fight the war against TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGovernments of over 163 countries in 2015 promised to end TB by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUnfortunately, at the current rate of TB decline, which is at 1.5 per cent, it will require a remarkable increase of over 10 per cent of funding by 2025 globally if we are to meet the target by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTB can be eradicated with the required political will and adequate funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe corporate sector- financial, manufacturing, telecommunications, oil and gas companies, have a critical role to play through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) to support efforts to end needless deaths from a curable disease affecting our dear county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPrivate sector funding from these organisations will be needed to make up the deficit in funding,\u201d Lawson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that funding was needed for awareness programmes, well equipped DOTs centres with GeneXperts, at least in each local government area, improved socioeconomic standards and availability of TB drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking, Dr Titilayo Goncalves, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, commended the companies gathered for their resolve to mobilise resources to end tuberculosis in Lagos State .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goncalves, who also represented Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, said: \u201d We need to take deliberate steps to reduce the spread of tuberculosis to help reduce putting the healthy population at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cl commend Stop TB Partnership for their commitment in the goal of ending TB and specifically for its unrelenting involvement in the control and management of TB in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn Lagos State, we are doing everything possible to stem the tide of the deadly and infectious disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs a state, ranking highest in the number of TB patients in Nigeria, there is a need for drastic and urgent action to check the spread otherwise, our 22 million population may become fertile ground for the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to her, the Lagos State Government has been making efforts toward curtailing the spread of TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cToward this goal, we have developed strategies for the control, detection and treatment of TB in Lagos State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey include intensifying case finding in public facilities, intensifying case findings in primary facilities, active case finding among TB contacts, Gene Xpert optimisation and enhancing community awareness on TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWithin 16 years, the number of TB treatment centres in Lagos State has increased from six to over 1,008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe, however, need to step up our efforts as these facilities are inadequate, given the rate of population growth to stem TB spread in the state,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goncalves identified the urgent need for strategy in partnership with the private sector to put an end to the dreaded TB which was estimated to reach an outbreak of four million cases by 2020, News Agency of Nigeria reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lagos State Government, StopTB Partnership Nigeria and other stakeholders on ending tuberculosis say Lagos State presently has the highest burden of tuberculosis in Nigeria. 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