The Anambra State Commissioner for Health Dr Afam Obidike says there are over eight hundred tuberculosis treatment centres in the state.
Dr. Obidike disclosed this during a press briefing to Commemorate World Tuberculosis Day in Awka yesterday.
According to Dr. Obidike, the day holds profound significance for the state as it provides an opportunity to raise awareness about TB, which he described as one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases and to reaffirm their commitment to combating the global health threat.
He noted that the data compiled by the State Ministry of Health and reports from the Nigeria Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Buruli Ulcer Control Programme, that Anambra state tested one hundred and thirty-eight thousand persons in 2023, and notified thirteen thousand, one hundred and twenty cases.
Dr. Obidike further revealed that about half of the people with TB can be found in eight countries of the world namely, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines and South Africa, and that the ministry under governor Chukwuma Soludo has implemented robust TB control programmes, working in close partnerships with national and international health agencies, non-governmental organizations and community stakeholders.
The Commissioner made it clear that the Soludo administration’s treatment for all forms of Tuberculosis in the state is free and that state government has more than eight hundred facilities that offer TB treatment across Anambra.
The World Health Organization, WHO, revealed that Tuberculosis remained one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers and that about four thousand one hundred people die from the disease each day globally.
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