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An inquiry into some tuberculosis tests on sale to developing countries has found that most were missing more cases than they found.
Dr Mansur Kabir is National Coordinator of National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme. Here, he speaks on tuberculosis cases generally, including the discovery of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis that is currently on the increase in Nigeria as well as effort by government and other donor agencies to procure the second-line TB drugs to tackle the dreaded disease.
Nigeria still rank second in Africa and fifth in the world in tuberculosis burden, revealed a consultant on Tuberculosis and Leprosy TBL, Mr. Yusuf Tula in Gombe while giving an overview of TB prevalence in the nation.
The US should double its expenditure on global health as a mainstay of its foreign policy, leading US medical specialists said this week (15 December).
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