Picture Above: Patent Medicine Vendor, Mrs Asanbe interacting with her client in front of the store in Badagry, Lagos State.
To find tuberculosis cases in communities, Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has engaged and trained Patent Medicine Vendors (PMVs) in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun and Osun States to counsel, screen and provide referral services for individuals with tuberculosis symptoms.
Fire wardens participate in a practical session on the use of fire protection equipment.
(Right to Left) United States Consul General, Will Stevens and Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa commissioning the bio-repository at Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Yaba, Lagos.
ANRiN project community volunteers in Bunkure Local Government Area pose for a photograph after a sensitization activity.
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Nigeria reports that every year, there are at least 300,000 people with tuberculosis left unidentified. This number constitutes the missing tuberculosis cases in the country that need to be found for the disease burden to be addressed.