Commissioning TB LAMP machines in the FCT by Her Excellency the First Lady of the FRN @RemiTinubu ably represented by Prof Olufolake Abdulrazaq @firstladykwara . Prof @muhammadpate reiterated the commitment of the FGN & @Fmohnigeria toward ending TB in Nigeria.
@DOlusegun@muhammadpate Congratulations to Nigeria on a step in the right direction by committing to procure Tuberculosis Medications as there is an impending crisis due to shortages of treatment & diagnostic consumables in the country.
@Hbaycool@DOlusegun@muhammadpate It was available but was majorly funded by the Global fund so it’s actually good news and a major step in the right direction that the country is now committed to procuring these drugs/commodities.
If you have opportunity & means then please do Hajj when you’re young, for context i am doing Hajj in Category A & our journey has been very comfortable Alhumdullilah from Mina to Arafat & Muzdalifah yet i have walked 63000 steps in last 2 days which is almost 45-50 Kms
This is not to scare you. This is just what happens when we do not listen to our bodies.
TB is completely curable. But only if you catch it in time.
So if that cough has been with you for more than two weeks, please go to the nearest hospital or health centre and ask to be tested. Deal?
#WorldTBDay
@NantokDakwak@HasanMahat @WParkwat @__QlintDwayne Thank you for saying “It has not been adopted yet”. That’s the point. @HasanMahat made a statement that implied it had been adopted. This is misleading.
@HasanMahat @WParkwat @__QlintDwayne In which country pls. Let’s be careful what we post.
The standard, internationally recognized regimen for DS-TB remains a 6-month course: 2 months of RHZE (intensive) followed by 4 months of RH (continuation), or 2HRZE/4HR. While 4-month regimens are used in some cases.
Tillykke! Congratulations, #Denmark for becoming the first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis!
This is a major public health achievement! Read more 🔗 https://t.co/UoUuCHVMLN