The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina El-Imam, has said tuberculosis claimed 1,869 lives in Kwara in 2023. El-Imam, who spoke on Monday in Ilorin while delivering a speech during the 2024 World Tuberculosis Day with the theme “Yes! We Can End TB”, explained that the disease had continued to claim lives globally. According to the World Health Organisation …

The Regional Director for Africa, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said about 2.5 million individuals contracted Tuberculosis (TB) in 2022 in Africa, equating to one person every 13 seconds. Moeti also said the number of TB deaths in 2022 reached 424,000, resulting in the loss of one life every minute – even when TB is preventable and treatable. …