Dr. Bassey Akpan, the State TB Program Manager for Akwa Ibom, revealed that the state is facing a severe shortage of TB medications, hindering the treatment of current patients and delaying the start of preventive therapy for new patients.
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In April 2023, a devastating fire destroyed the PCR laboratory, which brought life-saving HIV/AIDS treatment to the people of Taraba State.
During the validation of the report in Abuja, stakeholders said the report details the plight of victims of Tuberculosis.
Prof. Sunday Aderibigbe, a Public Health Physician at the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, disclosed this.
Aderibighe made the submission in a paper he presented in Ilorin on Tuesday at the 2023 annual national conference and workshop of the School of Health Educators and Professionals Association in Nigeria.
A non-governmental organization, Foundation for Advocacy and Sensitization on Tuberculosis, (FAST) has paid off surgical bill of a 13-year-old teenage boy.
The Head of the state agency made the declaration at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, gave the statistics at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day in Awka Friday.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshdiso Moeti, said this in her message to mark 2023 World TB Day with theme”Yes, We Can End TB”.
Dr. Chukwuma Anyaike, National Coordinator, NTBLCP, made this known while speaking on activities lined up for the World Tuberculosis Day 2023 with the theme: “Yes! We can end TB.”
ASR Africa will provide critical inputs, valued at $500,000, to the national TB and GBV responses.
Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director in Charge of Legal, Barrister Bamidele A. Jacobs called on persons affected by tuberculosis to bring up such cases of discrimination or stigmatization for neccessary legal action and redress.
The reasons were revealed at a two-day workshop in Lagos State by non-governmental organisations on the disease.
Mamora said this at the unveiling of Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN) accreditation service as an associate member of the International Laboratory Cooperation (ILAC) on Tuesday, in Abuja.
The award organised by Stop TB Partnership Nigeria in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) USAID, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme among others in Abuja was in honour and recognizion of those who have contributed to the fight against the deadly disease (Tuberculosis).
Chukwulobelu disclosed this on Friday in Awka during an advocacy visit to the State Director of the National Orientation Agency, Charles Nwoji.
The admonition formed part of outcome of a recent training of selected media workers on TB reporting by the BreakThrough Action, Nigeria in collaboration with some states Ministries of Health.
Sanwo-Olu who on Wednesday joined policy makers, stakeholders and partners in the fight against TB to commemorate year 2021 World TB Day in Lagos with an Awareness Walk and an engagement meeting, said the state government is determined, now more than ever, to change the narrative of high TB prevalence in Lagos and its position as the state with the highest TB burden.
The Global Fund, in a statement posted on its website, said the fund was signed for 157 grants for lifesaving HIV, TB and malaria programmes and to strengthen systems for health in the year.
The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo says expanded coverage of antiretroviral therapy has led to a fast decline in HIV/AIDS-related and Tuberculosis cases and deaths.
The Federal Ministry of Health has pledged to implement the recommendations and summary presented by the Joint UN Mission to Nigeria on Tuberculosis and Non-Communicable Diseases.