Nigeria has adopted a new regimen that reduces the time required for the treatment of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Tuberculosis from 20 months to about nine months.
At least 10 people die every day in Delhi of tuberculosis, a curable disease, exposing a huge healthcare deficit in the national capital. Nearly 47% of the deaths are of people in the productive age group of 15 to 44 years.
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), an organization composed of the world’s leading international respiratory societies working together to improve lung health globally, released “The Global Impact of Respiratory Disease.” The report describes the tremendous impact that respiratory disease has on world health.
The first global healthcare ranking report based on a quantification of personal access and quality for 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2015 has placed Nigeria at 140th position with 51
