Nigeria, Oct. 28 -- Civil society organisations and health workers in Akwa Ibom State have identified stigma, cultural restrictions, inadequate health facilities and concerns about confidentiality as barriers limiting access to HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria treatment.

They are calling for urgent government action to make healthcare more accessible to women and other vulnerable groups.

The stakeholders made the observations on Friday in Uyo at a one-day meeting to evaluate compliance with gender-responsive health policies in the state.

They called on the government to improve public awareness of available services, train health workers to treat patients without discrimination and equip primary healthcare centres to encourage servic...