The Federal Government and stakeholders took the Check Am O! campaign to the streets of Abuja on free diagnosis and treatment of Tuberculosis disease.
The 2023 World Tuberculosis Day which is observed every year on March 24th, is with theme:”Yes! We can end TB”.
Speaking at the launch of the campaign, the Director, National Programmatic Drug-resistant TB at the Ministry of Health, Ahmad Ozi said, the awareness was necessary in view of the fact that the 2030 target of eliminating TB in the country was no longer visible.
Ozi said out of the 400 new TB cases that were detected in 2022, only 280 cases were notified in the country.
Ozi said the walk is holding in the 36 states including local government areas.
Also speaking, the deputy project director for tuberculosis and malaria at BreakThrough Action Nigeria, Bolatito Aiyenigba noted that many Nigerians were not aware of free TB testing and treatment programmes.
