Nigeria has diagnosed more people with tuberculosis this year compared to 2024, despite the U.S. funding cuts.
Their key weapon? Data.
“The people who come to Nigeria will tell you one thing: when you get to TB, you will see that they are on the driving seat when it has to do with their data,” Dr. Obioma Chijioke-Akaniro, monitoring and evaluation manager at the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme in Nigeria, told Devex.