Anambra TB Programme Detects More Than 8000 TB Cases As The World Marks 2023 Tuberculosis Day

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Anambra TB Programme Detects More Than 8000 TB Cases As The World Marks 2023 Tuberculosis Day

Anambra state government on Saturday, joined the rest of the world to mark the 2023 Tuberculosis Day,

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Afam Obidike, who disclosed this at a press briefing to mark the World Tuberculosis Day in Awka.

The Commissioner informed that the day provides opportunity to raise public awareness on the devastating health, social and economic consequences of tuberculosis and need to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.

Dr. Obidike said the current administration in the state has remained focused in making sure that TB programme is given all necessary support in order to end the scourge, adding that the TB programme in Anambra has detected more than eight thousand TB cases against the targeted number of more than thirteen thousand TB cases in the state.

The Anambra State Tuberculosis Programme Manager and Director Medical Services, Dr. Ugochukwu Chukwulobelu, assured that the current treatment for all forms of TB is free.

Moreover, Dr Chikwulobelu maintained that there are more than eight hundred health facilities that offer tuberculosis treatment in the state.

Tuberculosis is a communicable disease which has been present in humans since ancient times and usually caused by the bacterium mycobacterium tuberculosis and it generally affects the lungs known as pulmonary TB.

However, it can also affect other parts of the body.

According to the World Health Organization, WHO, TB has remained one of the deadliest infectious killers, and according to statistics, each day, over four thousand, one hundred people lose their lives to TB, while close to twenty-eight thousand people fall ill with the disease.

Statistics also show that in 2022, nine point nine million people fell ill with tuberculosis, with one point five million deaths.

Sadly, about half of all the people with tuberculosis can be found in eight countries namely Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines and South Africa.

This year’s World TB Day has as its theme, “Yes, We Can End TB. Get Involved”.

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