CSOs demand urgent action on TB, HIV, malaria crisis

From Jude Chinedu, Enugu
Civil society groups working on tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria control have called for urgent government action to strengthen healthcare systems, improve funding for primary healthcare and expand health insurance coverage to vulnerable Nigerians in order to tackle the growing burden of infectious diseases across the country.
The call was made during a media roundtable organised in Enugu, under the Global Fund GC7 Integrated Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) Project for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, where stakeholders reviewed progress made so far in community-driven healthcare interventions and highlighted persistent challenges affecting service deliv...