By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ At least 10 persons have been infected by a strange disease that is causing human legs to swell in Bara village along Gombe road in Kirfi Local Government Area of the State,  health officials confirmed. The Executive Chairman of Bauchi State Primary Health Care Development Agency (BASPHCDA) Dr. Rilwanu Mohammed who announced this while briefing newsmen on the commemoration of the 2021 World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day celebration...

The Acting Medical Director of Leprosy Colony at the ERCC Medical Centre, Alushi Village in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area Mr. Dauda Kaze said Nasarawa State government has recorded no fewer than 170 cases of leprosy disease. Kaze stated this on Sunday as the state marked this year’s World Leprosy Day, added that patients could not be treated due to the non-availability of the needed drugs. “Between 2019 and last year, the hospital, which is...