ZANKLI RESEARCH CENTRE ATTENDS LAUNCHING OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH COMPENDIUM OF TUBERCULOSIS BEST PRACTICES.

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Zankli Research Centre was recently invited for the launching of a Compendium of Best Practices of the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme which was inaugurated in Abuja to serve as a reference point for other public health responses.

At the launch, the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire said the document which was a compilation of strategic interventions in the fight against TB would be useful for stakeholders in the sector. He added that it was in commemoration of the continued increase in case notification of TB in the country.
He stated that Statistics show that Nigeria has the highest TB burden in Africa and 6th globally. He added that there was remarkable increase in 2021 annual TB notification, when numbers increased by 50% from 138,591 in 2020 to 207,785 in 2021.
Dr. Ehanire admitted that Nigeria alongside other countries suffered the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially in the disruption of various health programs following the introduction of lockdown measures for pandemic control in the second quarter of 2020, TB testing reduced by about 30% resulting in a 17% reduction in TB case finding and notification.
Speaking further, he added that the history of TB control in Nigeria cannot be told without making reference to the showcasing of best practices that have enabled the steady and marked increase in TB notification in the nation over the past few years. He reiterated that the compendium will be a useful tool for all stakeholders, as the government continues to scale-up what worked well and to help us further maximise the yield from the investments in TB control.
In conclusion, Dr. Ehanire disclosed that other countries and disease control programmes, can learn and leverage on experiences captured in the document, to support their disease control efforts.
The Director of Bingham University’s Zankli Research Centre, Dr. Johm Bimba while receiving the Minister of Health at the Centre’s booth shared with the Minister on the achievements of the centre and the current projects being worked on. He informed the Minster of its partnership with Light Consortium (Leaving no-one behInd: transforming Gendered pathways to Health for TB) which is a UK Aid-funded programme that will deliver transformative, cross-disciplinary research across a consortium of partners based in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda and the UK to reduce the number of people affected by tuberculosis (TB) in sub- Saharan Africa being left behind. This will enable rapid deployment of new tools for TB control.
The Minister was delighted with the presentation and achievements of the Centre.
Dr Osagie Ehanire and Dr. John Bimba at the Booth



Written By Andrew Oguntolu, Communication Officer LIGHT/ZRC

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