Nigeria, Dec. 7 -- The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Health, Salma Anas, has warned that Nigeria risks losing decades of progress in its fight against major diseases unless it urgently strengthens domestic funding for healthcare.

This warning came on Friday in Abuja at the 9th Annual Health Conference of the Association of Nigerian Health Journalists (ANHEJ), where she cautioned that Nigeria can no longer depend on foreign donors to sustain critical programmes.

For years, partners such as PEPFAR, the Global Fund, Gavi, and the World Bank have financed a large share of key interventions, including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and routine immunisation.

Mrs Anas said this longstanding dependence has left the country vulnerable...