Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Agency for the Control ofTu HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria (BACATMA),Dr Mansur Dada, Friday said the state had recorded 81 per cent success in the treatment of Tuberculosis last year.
Speaking during the celebration of World Tuberculosis Day held in Bauchi, with the theme ‘Unite to End Tuberculosis’, Dada said of the 3,239 cases recorded in the state, 2646 were treated.
He said the state had increased its Tuberculosis Treatment and Diagnostic Centres, from 23 in the 2007, to 90 in 2017.
He said that additional strategies would be implored to increase public awareness on the disease.
Speaking on challenges, the chairman said that there were cases of resistance to drugs experienced by some patients.
He also lamented that funding had reduced drastically as a result of the gradual withdrawal of some donor organisations.
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