YOLA — Adamawa State Program Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy program, Dr. Boniface Gundiri says each day about 4,000 persons lost their lives to TB diseases, and close to 28,000 fell ill. Boniface revealed this during the commemoration of this year’s world tuberculosis day with a team “the clock is ticking ” held at State Specialist Hospital, Yola Wednesday, said global efforts are being made to combat the disease as 63 million lives have been saved...

KANO — The Kano State Ministry of Health has confirmed that two persons died while over 160 were taken ill from suspected food poisoning in Kano State. It was gathered that all the patients had taken expired citric acid powdered drinks which expired a year ago, but were still being sold in the market. The state’s epidemiologist, Dr. Bashir Lawan, said the index case was a six-year-old girl seen on March 6, 2021. He explained...

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...