Oluremi Tinubu, the wife of President Bola Tinubu, has declared that her husband’s administration is committed to eradicating tuberculosis and AIDS in children living in Nigeria.

Tinubu said every child deserves a chance at a healthy and fulfilling life.

The First Lady stated that on both tuberculosis and AIDS in children, Nigeria’s advocacy, especially at the national, state, and community levels would be pursued vigorously, adding that the country has no reason to have high statistics of prevalence in both areas.

She said these at an event organised by Concordia at the ongoing 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.

Tinubu, according to a statement issued by her spokesperson, Busola Kukoyi, emphasised that with the heightened drive of her husband’s ministration in the health sector, she would be advocating enhanced actions by the wives of state governors to take the campaign about awareness and prevention to the grassroots.

The First Lady said: “Innovative approaches can be employed to develop effective methods for HIV prevention.

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“Educational technology hubs, educational apps and digital platforms can all be used to disseminate accurate information specific to HIV care and control. Advancement in testing facilitates early detection and prompt linkage to care thus preventing progression and transmission.

“Creative and culturally tailored age-appropriate interventions using technology and social media, can promote and amplify safer sexual and reproductive practices”.

She explained that there is a robust programme for combating tuberculosis in Nigeria through the National TB and Leprosy control programme which she said is domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Health.

She noted that Tinubu’s administration has come up with the “Renewed Hope Agenda” and has emphasised his commitment to restructuring the country’s health sector through improved financing, provision of modern equipment for diagnosis, capacity building, training of health care workers, and transparency in governance.

“We need to get people to speak up and know that early detection makes it treatable and we need to see that stigmatization is removed,” Tinubu added.

The Star