October 09
Nigeria: Tuberculosis - Lagos Confirms 15,000 Cases in 2024
As of March, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that Nigeria has the highest TB burden in Africa. Read more »
March 29
Nigeria: Nigeria's First Lady Donates N1 Billion to Support Fight Against Tuberculosis
Mrs Tinubu dedicated the investiture to one of her staff, who she said lost his life to the disease, and to others with similar fate. Read more »
March 20
Nigeria: Gates Institute Continues Vaccine Trial Against Tuberculosis
The World Health Organisation estimates that 10.6 million people globally fell ill with TB, 1.3 million died in 2022. Read more »
November 27, 2023
Nigeria: Who Raises Alarm Over 'Rise of TB Infection' in Borno
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State said his state has lost about 50 per cent of its health institutions to insurgency and that many staff had been abducted, making health care… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Nigeria: Anambra, Highest in Childhood Tuberculosis in Nigeria - Official
"Our major challenge with Childhood TB control in the state is that parents are scared... Some of them think the medical personnel want to use their children's stool for 'juju"'. Read more »