The Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging (KNCV) Nigeria is celebrating its five years of tuberculosis intervention in Nigeria.
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The Executive Director KNCV Nigeria, Dr. Bethrand Odume says the five years has truly been an awesome five years of teamwork.
” I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the fantastic staff of KNCV Nigeria for the superb work done in the past five years – including during the global crisis that has recently emerged. The KNCV Board and all our partners have been very supportive all these years. The drive of our staff has been phenomenal and their commitment to fulfilling our vision and mission is beyond question.
I know that we will continue to ensure that we find the missing TB cases in 14 states where we work in Nigeria as we strive to see a Nigeria free of tuberculosis. Our gratitude also goes to our funder, USAID for the resources as well as their technical guidance and to state TB program and facilities where we work.
To the National TB Programme, we are grateful for their leadership and continued collaboration“. Dr Odume said.
He also said “We are a national center of excellence for TB control that promotes effective, efficient, innovative, and sustainable tuberculosis control strategies in a national context”.
Dr Odume also said that JNCV Nigeria opened its doors officially in Nigeria in in August of 2016 abd it has been an awesome 5 years of teamwork, from the Challenge TB project to the USAID-funded WASP project and currently the USAID TB LON Regions 1 & 2 projects.
” The impactful TB control interventions in Nigeria are beyond question, through the years we haven’t lost sight of our vision to see a Nigeria free of Tuberculosis. It is with great pleasure that we announce and celebrate our 5th year Anniversary of impactful TB control interventions in Nigeria”. He noted.
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Nigeria is a local non-profit organization dedicated to the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest infectious disease in Nigeria.
