Tuberculosis

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 to go to the hospital,...

Editorial - July 22, 2022

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 lives to the disease. The...

Rebecca Akinremi - October 19, 2019

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 expected to meet the health...

Rebecca Akinremi - September 19, 2019

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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 the fourth and sixth leading...

Rebecca Akinremi - September 3, 2019

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 in Nigeria have called for...

Rebecca Akinremi - July 17, 2019

Minister, ICPC Wade Into Corruption Scandal In Zaria Leprosy Centre

Investigations show that the Principal of the Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Kaduna has been stealing funds meant for staff and patients By Augustine Agbo The...

Editorial - February 16, 2017

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Aisha Buhari Asks World Leaders To Stop Infectious Diseases

Wife of the Nigeria president, Aisha Buhari, has called for combined efforts by nations of the world in order to curb the challenges posed by infectious diseases.

Editorial - September 21, 2016