FG launches MAF-TB, injectable Lenacapavir, targets health sector self-financing by 2030
The federal government has launched the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for Tuberculosis (MAF-TB) and injectable Lenacapavir for HIV prevention as part of efforts to strengthen disease control and reduce Nigeria’s dependence on foreign health funding by 2030.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, made this known during the 2026 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day ministerial press briefing organised by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in Abuja, where he called for increased domestic financing of the health sector by all three tiers of government.
The development was contained in a statement signed by Ado Bako, Assistant Director, Information and Public Relations, on Wednesday.
Pate noted that the global health financing landscape is becoming increasingly constrained, making it necessary for Nigeria to strengthen national ownership and improve efficiency in the use of available resources.
“The global space is changing right in front of our eyes. Financing has become limited globally and is also constrained in many countries, including Nigeria,” he said.
He explained that the government’s sector-wide approach is aimed at improving coordination among federal, state and local governments, as well as development partners, to ensure Nigeria’s health system functions as a unified national structure.
The minister expressed optimism that with sustained commitment, Nigeria would be able to finance priority health programmes domestically by 2030, particularly in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
Also speaking, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, said reforms under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Nigeria Health Sector Renewal Investment Initiative (NHSRII) have helped move the sector from donor-driven fragmentation to a coordinated system aligned with national priorities.
