The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in Abuja that 420 Nigerians die everyday due to tuberculosis.

She said N14.4 billion is needed to control the spread of the disease, even as 154, 000 deaths are also recorded every year.

The coordinator advocated stiffer tariff on mobile phone users to tackle tuberculosis, adding that about 300,000 undiagnosed tuberculosis patients pose public health risk

Lawanson explained that of the 105,000 cases diagnosed in 2017, 63 per cent were between the productive ages of 15 to 44.


She said that Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest burden of TB, and HIV and is also the 7th highest in the world, and second in Africa.

Lawanson stressed the need for increased domestic funding and procurement of first and second line drugs, diagnostic equipment and other commodities to end the disease.

In a similar development, the Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc, Mr. Jean Philippe Torres, has lamented that HIV has continued to be a major global issue, where it has killed more than 35 million people across the globe.

Torres disclosed that approximately 160,000 people died of AIDS-related illness in Nigeria in 2017.

The General Manager and Company Secretary, Mrs. A.O. Popoola Mordi, represented him at the event, which also had the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA), Mr. Gbenga A. Alabi,

According to them: “Nigeria has 3.2 million people living with HIV. Only 31 per cent of the HIV positive adults and 21 per cent of HIV positive children are on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).”

He revealed that Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world, with 220,000 new HIV infections in 2017, and is among the highest new infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Torres canvassed a voluntary HIV counseling and testing among the Nigeria population to ensure that people know their status.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 25 people have been killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This was contained in Ebola situation reports on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was published yesterday.

The report said the outbreak remains active, as fresh cases have been confirmed.

Also, a virologist from Lancaster University, Dr. Derek Gatherer, in an editorial published in the Journal of General Virology and reported by DailyMailUK Online warned that the fresh outbreak is ‘reminiscent’ of the 2014 Ebola pandemic.

The WHO Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dr. Michael Ryan, had reported that vaccine provides protection and hope for high-risk communities.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/06/nigeria-needs-n144b-to-control-tb-as.html

60% of TB Patients are HIV +

It's called population control

420 Nigerians die daily from TB? OP be sure of your stat before posting oh. That's 12,600 deaths in a month and 153,300 in just a year. If this is true and FG isn't declaring state of emergency in the health sector then I give up on Nigeria

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I tot dese people promised hope and solutions to every problem known to man upon ascension to power??...... Why problem and wahala com dey change Jersey every blessed day??.....ehhhn??

I think this is a real problem in Africa, most youths exp young ladies don't really care about STD . I have had several experiences were women refuse the use of condom. I will be like are you serious? we need to change the youth mentality, drugs only will not solve the problem.

if you know condom gives you reactions then close your legs and wait till marriage.

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Do whatever that will save lives.
Too many death this past few years

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Lol...
Give the board 800 Billion dollars,I'm 100 % sure nothing will change.
Thieves and their careful way of getting money.
When my grandpa died of TB,I get to know more about this there paper diseases control.
If you think those people cares about the whole Nigerians dieing overnight,you dey maga yourselves ni oo..
All I can read is some people needing money for Vacation,others probably a new car or landed property.

actiondrilling:
The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in Abuja that 420 Nigerians die everyday due to tuberculosis.

She said N14.4 billion is needed to control the spread of the disease, even as 154, 000 deaths are also recorded every year.

[b]The coordinator advocated stiffer tariff on mobile phone users to tackle tuberculosis, [/b]adding that about 300,000 undiagnosed tuberculosis patients pose public health risk

Lawanson explained that of the 105,000 cases diagnosed in 2017, 63 per cent were between the productive ages of 15 to 44.


She said that Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest burden of TB, and HIV and is also the 7th highest in the world, and second in Africa.

Lawanson stressed the need for increased domestic funding and procurement of first and second line drugs, diagnostic equipment and other commodities to end the disease.

In a similar development, the Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc, Mr. Jean Philippe Torres, has lamented that HIV has continued to be a major global issue, where it has killed more than 35 million people across the globe.

Torres disclosed that approximately 160,000 people died of AIDS-related illness in Nigeria in 2017.

The General Manager and Company Secretary, Mrs. A.O. Popoola Mordi, represented him at the event, which also had the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA), Mr. Gbenga A. Alabi,

According to them: “Nigeria has 3.2 million people living with HIV. Only 31 per cent of the HIV positive adults and 21 per cent of HIV positive children are on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).”

He revealed that Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world, with 220,000 new HIV infections in 2017, and is among the highest new infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Torres canvassed a voluntary HIV counseling and testing among the Nigeria population to ensure that people know their status.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 25 people have been killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This was contained in Ebola situation reports on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was published yesterday.

The report said the outbreak remains active, as fresh cases have been confirmed.

Also, a virologist from Lancaster University, Dr. Derek Gatherer, in an editorial published in the Journal of General Virology and reported by DailyMailUK Online warned that the fresh outbreak is ‘reminiscent’ of the 2014 Ebola pandemic.

The WHO Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dr. Michael Ryan, had reported that vaccine provides protection and hope for high-risk communities.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/06/nigeria-needs-n144b-to-control-tb-as.html

how does mobile phone use make someone contract TB? Which kind news b this?

Na wa

Its True...
How to tackle it? Funding 1st Line and 2nd line drugs.
To contain it Know ur HIV status cus most Patients with HIV have it. Or Go for Sputum test once a while when u have Serious Coughs.
Read more about it..

14b ? is that not too much ?

actiondrilling:
The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in Abuja that 420 Nigerians die everyday due to tuberculosis.

She said N14.4 billion is needed to control the spread of the disease, even as 154, 000 deaths are also recorded every year.

The coordinator advocated stiffer tariff on mobile phone users to tackle tuberculosis, adding that about 300,000 undiagnosed tuberculosis patients pose public health risk

Lawanson explained that of the 105,000 cases diagnosed in 2017, 63 per cent were between the productive ages of 15 to 44.


She said that Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest burden of TB, and HIV and is also the 7th highest in the world, and second in Africa.

Lawanson stressed the need for increased domestic funding and procurement of first and second line drugs, diagnostic equipment and other commodities to end the disease.

In a similar development, the Managing Director of Total Nigeria Plc, Mr. Jean Philippe Torres, has lamented that HIV has continued to be a major global issue, where it has killed more than 35 million people across the globe.

Torres disclosed that approximately 160,000 people died of AIDS-related illness in Nigeria in 2017.

The General Manager and Company Secretary, Mrs. A.O. Popoola Mordi, represented him at the event, which also had the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA), Mr. Gbenga A. Alabi,

According to them: “Nigeria has 3.2 million people living with HIV. Only 31 per cent of the HIV positive adults and 21 per cent of HIV positive children are on Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).”

He revealed that Nigeria has the second largest HIV epidemic in the world, with 220,000 new HIV infections in 2017, and is among the highest new infection rates in sub-Saharan Africa.

Torres canvassed a voluntary HIV counseling and testing among the Nigeria population to ensure that people know their status.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that 25 people have been killed by the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This was contained in Ebola situation reports on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was published yesterday.

The report said the outbreak remains active, as fresh cases have been confirmed.

Also, a virologist from Lancaster University, Dr. Derek Gatherer, in an editorial published in the Journal of General Virology and reported by DailyMailUK Online warned that the fresh outbreak is ‘reminiscent’ of the 2014 Ebola pandemic.

The WHO Assistant Director-General, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dr. Michael Ryan, had reported that vaccine provides protection and hope for high-risk communities.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/06/nigeria-needs-n144b-to-control-tb-as.html

90% of this money is earmarked to be stolen

The best place to get TB treatment is Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro Abeokuta.

14 wetin? the officials are looking for a means to siphon money into their pockets

God help Nigerian from those diseases .......

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100% true.

SamuelAnyawu:
60% of TB Patients are HIV +

madridguy:
The best place to get TB treatment is Sacred Heart Hospital, Lantoro Abeokuta.

person go leave all the better hospitals for lagos ok

TB & Leprosy are meant for northerners , the disease are rare in South Nigeria especially east, oria Ndi Egypt is not meant for Umu Biafra

THE PROBLEM OF THIS COUNTRY TOO MUCH ABEG.

where they planning to sacrifice the #14.4b to some gods, or how did they arrived at that figure on time?

Bro i work under global funded TB
Project, the program is serious and i ve successfully managed 4patients on conventional regimen(8months injectables and 12months oral tabs. Now from 2018 the program changed to shorter regimen ,any newly detected case will undergo 12months treatment duration. Our people are stubborn and ignorant, some ppl when detected they run away, give fake address and phone numbers. Some will say is poison, spiritual and pastor will pray until the case will worsen. Drug resistant TB is dangerous and when DSTB is not properly managed it progresses to DR-TB. TB is curable, goto Government hospitals, LG TB unit missionary hospitals and get tested via Genexpert test. If you have coughed for more than two weeks, for HIV patients cough of any duration TB should be tested for. We are not paid much, we in the field but patients on DR-TB are paid monthly to buy food to feed well as poor ppl are mostly affected, drugs are very strong. Nigeria is not funding the program but only Global fund,GLRA and USAID. so they are canvassing for counterpart fund from nigeria govt.

pol23:
Lol...
Give the board 800 Billion dollars,I'm 100 % sure nothing will change.
Thieves and careful way of getting money.
When my grandpa died of TB,I get to know more about this there paper diseases control.
If you think those people cares about the whole Nigerians dieing overnight,you dey maga yourselves ni oo..
All I can read is some people needing money for Vacation,others probably a new car or landed property.

Hehehehehehehe...give us clean water and a very good living condition and see if it won't b eliminated....

dey will always need, but dey can waste money to sponsor pilgrimage
anyways insurgency top d list of what kills Nigerian s more

SamuelAnyawu:
60% of TB Patients are HIV +

Thant's not true