Aisha throws supports behind fight against tuberculosis



By NewsDesk,

The President Muhammadu Bukari’s wife, Aisha, has said that she was ready to join battle against spread of tuberculosis in Nigeria, with emphases on need for regular testing and treatment for tuberculosis to reduce the spread of the disease in the country.

Buhari, who spoke on her support for fight against the disease on Thursday when she met with the delegation of Global Stop TB Partnership at Presidential Villa, Abuja, stated that she and other wives of the governors have concluded on how they must organise national workshop where people could learn that the disease could be treated.

She urged TB patients to always make themselves available for diagnosis and medication, just as as she appealed to Nigerians to stop stigmatising those undergoing the disease.



“We have to organise a National Workshop gathering all the Governors wives to make them fully aware that TB can be treated, TB can be cured and the testing and treatment is (are) free in Nigeria.

“(So they can) go back to their states and pass the information.’’

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