Tuberculosis In Children: These Surmountable Challenges That Continue To Persist
Come March 24, 2021, stakeholders around the world will again gather in different fora to raise
awareness on the urgency to tackle
Tuberculosis or TB. And also mark the
International Day for the Fight Against Tuberculosis. An
infectious disease that affects all age groups, the good news is that Tuberculosis is
The
World Health Organisation, WHO, warns that 78 per cent of Cameroon’s children aged 0-14 years were not tested for TB in 2020. While lower respiratory infections represent 10.12 per cent of deaths – the fourth cause of deaths in children. In 2018,
infant mortality rate in Cameroon was 48 per 1,000 live births, according to the 2018