Tag: TB

Over 30,000 TB cases in Lagos undetected in 2024

Stakeholders say Nigeria must scale up efforts to end scourge Amid statistics…

Juliet Umeh

Kebbi First Lady Unveils TB Treatment Centre in Argungu

Kebbi State's First Lady, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris, has commissioned a…

NHO Admin

Trapped by poverty, blinded by myths: The hidden drivers of Nigeria’s tuberculosis crisis

Despite relentless efforts to curb tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria, the disease continues…

Juliet Umeh

80% of Nigerians Unaware of Tuberculosis Threat, Impeding Control Efforts – Expert

Over 18,000 TB Cases Diagnosed in Lagos in 2023 Despite tuberculosis (TB)…

Juliet Umeh

COVID-19: TB incidence on increase – Report  

A new report by the Global Tuberculosis Report 2022 has revealed that…

Juliet Umeh

Neglecting TB while fighting COVID-19 portends danger – Experts warn

Experts yesterday,  Monday September 7, decried the decline in tuberculosis (TB) control…

Sam EFERARO

Lagos re-energises TB control intervention

To address human resource and data gathering challenges Lagos State Government has…

Juliet Umeh

Shocker: TB kills 420 Nigerians daily!

• "TB is in the air," NTBLC Coordinator says • Commends Agbami…

Sam EFERARO

Checking the menace of TB in Nigeria: The Agbami example

Tuberculosis, popularly known by its abbreviation, TB, has existed for millennia and…

Sam EFERAROESam

FG blames Nigeria’s high TB burden on poor sensitization 

... Sets 2035 as target for defeating disease   ABUJA  – The…

'Tayo Albertfranka

TB: Not yet success story for Nigeria

• Records 250,000 deaths annually • Ranks No. 4 among high-burdened countries…

Sam EFERAROESam