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By Guest Author | September 19, 2026

Niger State’s PHCs Are Screening Beyond TB. Can the Model Last?

Uche Ralph-Opara and Kenneth Ojobor (Guest writers) Zariya Hashiru was pregnant when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the Napu community, Niger State. She feared that the medicines would harm her unborn baby. Diagnosing the disease was therefore only the first step. Health workers counselled and followed up with her for five weeks before […]

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