In a stark reminder of the challenges facing Africa's healthcare systems, the Executive Vice President for Diagnostics in Africa at Roche Diagnostics, Dr. Allan Pamba, has warned that tuberculosis (TB) is much more than a deadly disease—it is a symptom of chronic underinvestment.

So, it’s World Tuberculosis Day again, but before you scroll past like it’s just another health awareness headline, here’s a quick reminder: TB is still very much around, and Nigeria remains one of the countries with the highest number of cases globally.   It’s not just a disease you hear about on radio jingles or…

As nations mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent investment into TB care, lamenting that drastic and abrupt cuts in global health funding threaten to reverse decades of progress to combat the disease.