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COVID-19 worsens TB cases in Nigeria – Director On Tuberculosis Mrs Uko Itohowo, the Director, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, says COVID-19 has worsened Tuberculosis (TB) cases in Nigeria as about 60 per cent of patients go unnoticed and untreated. Itohowo said this on Monday in a virtual media seminar with newsmen in Ilorin. She said that according to the 2020 World Health Organisation (WHO) report, Nigeria is ranked first in leading cases of TB in Africa and sixth in the world. She said currently, TB kills 18 Nigerians every hour, with a record number of 47 Nigeria...

2 min read Tuberculosis, a pulmonary disease characterised by persistent coughing, killed more Nigerians in 2019 than the COVID-19 pandemic has so far done, health officials have said. The 2020 WHO ‘global tuberculosis report’ indicated that an estimated 150,000 Nigerians died of TB in 2019 alone while the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 2,061 persons have died of COVID-19 in the country since the index case in February 2020. The different datas suggest that COVID-19 has so far killed only about 1.4 per cent of the number killed by TB in 2019 alone. This da...

Ondo govt to embark on tuberculosis awareness campaign On Tuberculosis Ondo government says it will soon embark on sensitisation of community and religious leaders on the dangers of tuberculosis. The Coordinator, Ondo State Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer & Leprosy Control Programme (OD-STBLCP), Dr Oluwafemi Aina, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Akure during a sensitisation workshop. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop, held virtually, featured medical experts, advocacy groups and journalists. Aina said that the workshop was convened to raise awareness on the debilitati...

Tuberculosis Ondo government says it will soon embark on sensitisation of community and religious leaders on the dangers of tuberculosis. The Coordinator, Ondo State Tuberculosis, Buruli Ulcer & Leprosy Control Programme (OD-STBLCP), Dr Oluwafemi Aina, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Akure during a sensitisation workshop. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workshop, held virtually, featured medical experts, advocacy groups and journalists. Aina said that the workshop was convened to raise awareness on the debilitating effects of the disease, especially if left untreated. Sh...

The National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) has raised the alarm over the significantly higher incidence of tuberculosis over COVID-19 in the nation, killing 157, 680 Nigerians yearly. The NTBLCP and Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM) Focal Person, Mrs. Jumoke Adebari, disclosed this, yesterday, during a one-day virtual media training for journalists in Ondo and Ekiti states. She noted that tuberculosis is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, adding that it is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis that affects mainly the lungs but may affect any...