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Early success with Nigeria's implementation of the new and shorter six-month tuberculosis treatment regimen in four states could pave the way for its rollout nationwide, says an expert.
Nigeria aims for nationwide rollout of a shorter TB treatment regimen after an initial success in four states.
Nigeria recorded a 50 per cent increase in annual tuberculosis case notification in 2021, with numbers increasing from 138,591 cases in 2020 to 207,785. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, made the disclosure in Abuja while launching the compendium of best practices for tuberculosis control in Nigeria. It was organized by the National Tuberculosis […]
The Federal Government, yesterday, said the significant progress achieved in the last three years in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), Nigeria still records 200,000 new infections yearly...
Current reports that Nigeria has the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa and is the sixth worst-hit country in the world are worrisome and unacceptable.