Dr Femi Pitan, Occupational Health Physician, Chevron Nigeria Limited, informed that from 2008, Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited, an affiliate of Chevron Nigeria Limited and the parties to the Agbami field – Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Famfa Oil Limited, Statoil Nigeria Limited and Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria Limited, have built, equipped and donated 25 chest clinics with 25 GeneXpert machines to government-owned hospitals across the country as part of their contribution to support the efforts to control, treat and eradicate TB from the country.
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She stated that the Chevron and its Agbami partners’ strategic choice of intervention in TB is designed to achieve early detection and proper management of the disease as well as other chest and lung diseases in Nigeria in alignment with the national strategy.
According to her, the TB intervention programme has generated more than 1,000 jobs and opportunities for people and local firms and organised practical training on molecular-genetic diagnostics of tuberculosis for over 100 laboratory attendants and supervisors from the chest clinics and neighboring hospitals in collaboration with the National TB Program as at 2014.
She also said that since 2015, Chevron and its parties in the Agbami field have embarked on awareness campaigns in Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Nasarawa and Oyo States in partnership with local non-government organisations and the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLC) to raise awareness on the dangers of Tuberculosis, provide training and counseling on treatment and management of the infection.
Dr Pitan stated that through the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chevron has partnered with relevant stakeholders including various levels of government, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and communities to invest about $25 million in various programs to help fight HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
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