Nigeria, Oct. 22 -- The Nigerian government has pledged to release $12 million to end epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other preventable and treatable disease across the globe.

The government announced the commitment at the sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) in Lyon, France.

Leaders of countries around the world made commitments through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end these epidemics by 2030.

HIV, tuberculosis and malaria are preventable and treatable diseases, yet globally, they kill more than 2.6 million people each year.

A statement by the head, public relations and protocol division of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (N...