Tag: tuberculosis

Some of Nigeria's health indices provide context to how dire the situation is in the country.

Tuberculosis was responsible for 1.5 million deaths in 2018.

World leaders at the Sixth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) in ...

India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, and South Africa accounted for 66 per cent of the new TB ...

The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria says that reaching its goal could help save 16 million lives ...

The wife of the Nigerian president calls for more funding in the fight to end tuberculosis.

Currently, Nigeria has the highest number of TB cases in Africa and the sixth highest in the world.

From today, the public can take action by signing the letter for the chance to earn tickets to the Global ...

This was the conclusion on Wednesday at the second National Tuberculosis Conference held in Abuja.

The organisation has released two documents focused on cancer and other global health challenges, with an emphasis on effective solutions.

An official says about $312 million will be needed to meet the target of ending the scourge of TB in ...

They say the government should provide treatment equipment in each local government area in the country.

Experts say eceiving vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) during childhood does not totally cover an individual from getting infected with the ...

The global health agency says current spending in Africa is below the levels required to end the epidemic by the ...

One of the biggest blocks to beating the epidemic is the growing resistance to drugs that have previously cured TB.

In 2017 and 2018, 104,904 and 106,533 cases of TB respectively were reported in Nigeria. Officials said only a quarter ...

TB remains the world’s deadliest infectious killer disease.

Nigeria now fourth worst hit country by the HIV epidemic, and other health stories made the headlines last week.

Nigeria ranks at one of the highest prevalent TB countries that are still discussing detecting and treatment of the disease.

An estimated 418,000 new TB cases occurred in Nigeria in 2018.

AFP surveillance is the backbone of the global polio eradication effort.

Nigeria has the highest burden of TB in Africa and is the sixth highest globally.

The minister says TB now ranks as the ninth leading cause of death, ranking above AIDS.

A call for improved investment in nutrition and Nigeria's plan for halting the importation of Tramadol are some of the ...

The report shows that residents in Nigeria are liable to die of sicknesses and diseases, as well as other causes.