Plateau recorded 5,397 tuberculosis cases in 2025 – Commissioner
Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Baamlong, has revealed that only 5,397 tuberculosis cases were…
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WHO calls on Nigeria to finance, combat tuberculosis
The World Health Organisation has called on Nigeria to increase domestic funding and strengthen community engagement to maintain…
Nollywood actress recounts late husband’s agonising battle with…
Nollywood actress, Regina Chukwu has revealed that she lost her husband to tuberculosis three years into their marriage.
Nigeria diagnosed 300,000 tuberculosis cases in 2023 — Minister
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Ali Pate, reveals that in 2023, the country identified more…
Anambra has highest number of children with TB — Official
The Programme Manager, Anambra State Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Management, Dr Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, says the state…
WHO seeks community collaboration to end Tuberculosis
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has called for joint action between communities and…
[HEALTH TIPS] Tuberculosis meaning, how it spreads, symptoms,…
Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which usually attacks the lungs, but can also affect…
Nigeria, others, budget $1bn to fight HIV and other diseases
During the pre-conference meeting on the Global Fund's seventh replenishment, with the subject "Nigeria's call to fight what…
4.5 million Nigerians at risk of contracting Tuberculosis annually –…
The Federal Government has disclosed that not less than 4.5 million Nigerians are at risk of contracting tuberculosis (TB) every…
COVID-19 worsens TB cases in Nigeria, now ranked first in Africa, sixth…
Uko Itohowo, the Director, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, says COVID-19 has worsened Tuberculosis cases in…