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Kaduna records 32,297 tuberculosis cases in 2023

THE Kaduna State Government has said that 32,297 tuberculosis cases were recorded in the state in 2023. The state Commissioner...

SPECIAL REPORT: How a mobile diagnostic initiative helped Nigeria increase TB case findings, treatment

By Arinze Chijioke When Ntui Agom, 37, started coughing in 2020, she thought it was normal. With no money...
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157,000 Nigerians died from tuberculosis in 2018, report reveals

NIGERIA has the second-highest estimated deaths caused by tuberculosis in 2018, where a total of 157,000 citizens lost their...

Nigeria, Niger, Chad, others not expected to meet health, education SDG targets ─Report

A NEW report that tracks progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has classified Nigeria among countries not...
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Tuberculosis, Malaria keep spreading in Nigeria despite increased funding, strategic plans

THE Global Burden of Diseases' (GBD)  report on causes of mortality in 2018 listed both Malaria and Tuberculosis as...

To end tuberculosis, Nigeria needs stronger partnerships, domestic financing, community awareness

AS NIGERIA ranks the highest with the tuberculosis burden in Africa and the sixth-highest globally, International Organisations and Stakeholders...
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