Dr Adebola Lawanson, the National Coordinator, National Tuberculosis Buruli Ulcer and Leprosy Control Programme, has disclosed that out of every estimated 100 persons with Tuberculosis, only 24 are detected in Nigeria.
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Adewole made the plan known in Abuja on Tuesday at the State Tuberculosis and HIV Programme Managers and stakeholders meeting
At least $14 billion is needed to accelerate the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and quell stubborn epidemics that still kill millions, the head of a global health fund said on Friday.
Itohowo Uko, the Deputy Directorof NTBLCP in the Federal Ministry of Health, disclosedd this at an integrated media parley organised by Breakthrough Action -Nigeria in collaboration with the Health Writers Association of Nigeria in Lagos.
A veteran Nigerian Artiste, Richard Mofe Damijo, popularly known as RMD, says Nigerian artistes will support the efforts to end the scourge of Tuberculosis in the country.
Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, said in a statement by the organization, that the leaders also agreed to provide 30 million people with preventive treatment to protect them from developing TB.
The President gave the assurance when he addressed High Level meeting on the theme “United Against Tuberculosis: Global Action Against Global Threat” on the sidelines of the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly.
She will be travelling alongside her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari
TB is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and killed an estimated 1.6 million people worldwide in 2017, according to the UN’s health agency.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, gave the assurance on Tuesday in Lagos at the “National Public/Private Mix Summit for Tuberculosis Control in Nigeria,’’ where a GeneXpert Machine was donated to El-Lab Ltd.
An expert in Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control in Adamawa State, Dr. Stephen John, has alerted that a variant of TB, known as Bovine or Zoonotic, which mainly affects cattle, but transmitted to humans, is becoming more prevalent in Northern Nigeria, especially Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe and Yobe States.
The UN said: “Despite being curable and treatable, TB kills more than 1.6 million people every year and only about half the cases are diagnosed properly. “The disease also takes an enormous financial toll on economies: it is estimated that TB will cost about one trillion dollars by 2030.”
Onyedum, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association, Enugu State Chapter, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday.
MSF, otherwise called Doctors without Borders, said the children were treated at its medical facility at Fori area of Maiduguri.
Dr Azeez Adeduntan, the State’s Commissioner for Health, made this known on Sunday in Ibadan to commemorate of the 2018 World Tuberculosis Day.
Dr. Marnsur Dada, Executive Chairman, BACATMA, made this known on Saturday at a ceremony to mark the 2018 World TB Day in Bauchi, with the theme: “Wanted Leaders for Free Tuberculosis World.”
Lawanson made the disclosure in Abuja while delivering a paper titled: “TB in Nigeria and Need for Accelerated TB Case Finding and Treatment,” at a news conference to commemorate the 2017 World TB Day
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Dan-Asabe made the assertion at Bodinga, Headquarters of Bodinga Local Government Council at a reception for the Batch “C” NYSC members
She said that cervical cancer was killing more people worldwide than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria put together
John, who made this known at World Tuberculosis Day 2014 in Yola, added 3,300 cases of the disease were detected in the year under review