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By Nigeria Health Watch | March 29, 2023

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Yes, We Can End TB

By Ibe Kenneth and Chibuike Alagboso (Lead Writers) Zainab (not her real name) first learned about latent tuberculosis (TB) when she was 16 and her doctor informed her that she had it. Despite the doctor’s assurance that it was an inactive form of TB, Zainab failed to complete her prescribed medication regimen. She also nursed […]

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Tuberculosis and HIV: The need for a stronger and sustained collaboration against a deadly duo

By Nigeria Health Watch | March 23, 2017

Nigeria ranks fourth among the 22 high-burden Tuberculosis (TB) countries in the world. The WHO 2015 Global report gave the estimated TB incidence rate at 322 per 100,000 population and the prevalence rate at 330 per 100,000 population. TB is synergistically affected by HIV. While HIV fuels the TB burden, TB is the commonest infection […]

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