Browsing: Tuberculosis

The Nasarawa State Ministry of Health has said that no fewer than 7,345 residents of the state got infected with the deadly tuberculosis disease in 2023. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Gaza Gwamna, disclosed this to newsmen in Lafia, the state capital, on Thursday at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World Tuberculosis […]

Prof Muhammad Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, announced that a national survey on Tuberculosis will be done this year to find out the real problem of drug-resistant TB in Nigeria. Pate mentioned that the survey will help plan specific actions to tackle the drug-resistant TB epidemic in the country. Pate […]

The Kaduna State Government has stated that it has improved in detecting tuberculosis and reducing the risk of spreading the disease, revealing that 32,297 cases were identified in 2023. The state's Health Commissioner, Umma Kaltume-Ahmed, made this announcement during a press conference to commemorate Tuberculosis Day in 2024 on Thursday in Kaduna. […]

No fewer than 300 patients died of tuberculosis, out of over 6,000 cases recorded in Ogun State in 2023. This is just as the state is said to have recorded a 100% rise in tuberculosis cases in recent times The Senior Programme Officer of the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria, Ms Florinda Olawusi, disclosed this […]