The Kwara State Government on Monday asked residents of the state’s Oke-Ero Local Government Area (LGA) to be vigilant and immediately report to it individuals showing symptoms of tuberculosis (TB).
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the 2025 funding cuts will have a devastating impact on tuberculosis (TB) programmes.
The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that severe funding cuts – particularly by the United States – are threatening decades of progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), still the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
The Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) has emphasised the urgent need to intensify effort for advanced diagnostic and management of tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria.
The Federal Government has activated the AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (ATM) Technical Working Group (TWG), in a strategic move to strengthen Nigeria’s fight against these life-threatening diseases.
Continental stakeholders under the aegis of African parliamentarians, civil society organisations (CSOs), health experts, and development partners have pledged to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 through collaboration.
The Kwara Governor’s wife, Amb. Olufolake AbdulRazaq, says the state government will soon capture treatment of tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) under its health insurance scheme.
The Federal Government, with support from the Global Fund, has deployed 333 Truenat devices across the country in an effort to combat tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB (DR-TB).
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its dedication to eliminating tuberculosis (TB) through robust multi-sectoral collaborations, private-sector engagement, and international partnerships.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2024 Global Tuberculosis Report highlights that tuberculosis (TB) was the deadliest infectious disease in 2023.…