Tag: tuberculosis
Tuberculosis: Medical expert urges nursing mothers to give their children BCG
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Nursing mothers have been charged to join the fight against the spread of tuberculosis infection by submitting their…
TB kills over 1.6m people annually – UN
The UN has said no fewer than 1.6 million people are killed annually by tuberculosis and the disease would cost…
Tuberculosis: Kano records over 7,000 cases in 2017
The Kano state Commissioner for Health, Dr Kabiru Getso has said that the state had recorded over 7,000 cases of…
Oyo State residents to enjoy free Tuberculosis treatment
Oyo State Government has offered free screening and treatment to individuals with persistent cough suspected to be Tuberculosis in all…
Oyo offers free TB treatment for residents
Oyo State Government has offered free screening and treatment to individuals with a persistent cough suspected to be Tuberculosis in…
World Tuberculosis Day: Traditional rulers tasked on grassroots campaign
Ondo State Government has tasked traditional rulers on grassroots campaign against tuberculosis disease.
Aisha Buhari to champion advocacy against tuberculosis in Nigeria
The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has expressed her readiness to champion the fight against the spread of…
Experts recommend new strategies in combating missing cases of Tuberculosis
Experts from numerous NGOs working to halt the spread of Tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria has appealed for a robust strategy…
Central Asia, Europe urged to do more to combat tuberculosis
WHO on Monday urged Central Asian and European countries to step up measures to reduce their numbers of tuberculosis cases,…
India PM Narendra Modi sets 2025 deadline to eradicate tuberculosis
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday set 2025 as the deadline year to eradicate tuberculosis from India, five years ahead…
Lagos Chief Judge Frees Inmate Infected With Tuberculosis
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Opeyemi Oke on Tuesday pardoned one Lucky Nelson, an inmate of Kirikiri prisons…
Tuberculosis: Kaduna State to embark on sensitisation of rural dwellers
Kaduna State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, is to embark on community outreach campaigns in rural areas, the Director, Dr…
Vietnam spots over 100,000 tuberculosis patients annually
Vietnam spots 105,000 to 106,000 tuberculosis (TB) patients each year, and it aims to eliminate the disease by 2030, the…
Injury kills more than HIV, TB, Malaria combined — Pharmacist
A Pharmacists, Lanre Alege, says an injury is a trauma that kills more people every year than Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV),…
Tuberculosis: Nigeria, health partners to treat 1.5m missing cases
Global health partners and implementers from 13 countries, including Nigeria, with a high burden of Tuberculosis (TB) have launched a…