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By Steve Oko No fewer than 18 persons die of tuberculosis per hour in Nigeria according to a report by the World Health Organization, WHO. The Director, National Tuberculosis & Leprosy Control Programme, Mrs. Itohowo Uko who disclosed this in a virtual media seminar with select newsmen in Abia and Enugu, said that “TB kills more people than covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria”. She said that about 150,000 persons died of tuberculosis in Nigeria in 2019 alone according to the WHO report. According to the NTLCP Director, the inability of TB patients to access medication during the covid-19 lockdow...

By Steve Oko – Aba No fewer than 18 persons die of tuberculosis per hour in Nigeria according to a report by the World Health Organization, WHO. The Director, National Tuberculosis & Leprosy Control Programme, Mrs. Itohowo Uko who disclosed this in a virtual media seminar with select newsmen in Abia and Enugu, said that “TB kills more people than covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria”. She said that about 150,000 persons died of tuberculosis in Nigeria in 2019 alone according to the WHO report. According to the NTLCP Director, the inability of TB patients to access medication during the covid-19...

Tuberculosis kills 18 persons per hour in Nigeria ― Report On By Steve Oko – Aba No fewer than 18 persons die of tuberculosis per hour in Nigeria according to a report by the World Health Organization, WHO. The Director, National Tuberculosis & Leprosy Control Programme, Mrs. Itohowo Uko who disclosed this in a virtual media seminar with select newsmen in Abia and Enugu, said that “TB kills more people than covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria”. She said that about 150,000 persons died of tuberculosis in Nigeria in 2019 alone according to the WHO report. According to the NTLCP Director, the ...