The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine pipeline is depleted with little progress of candidate vaccines through the pipeline in the last few years. This is creating a serious problem for the next decade of vaccine development, warns Professor Mark Hatherill, director of…
‘Smokers, drinkers susceptible to tuberculosis’
The Bauchi State Agency for the Control HIV/AIDS, Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Malaria says people who smoke or drink much have a high risk of developing tuberculosis. The executive chairman of the agency, Dr Mohammed Alkali Sambo, said this in Bauchi…
US: Tuberculosis Kills 18 People in Nigeria Every Hour
Says the country needs N147bn to tackle scourge 1.9m Nigerians living with HIV/AIDS, says minister The United States Centre for Disease Control (US-CDC) has declared that no fewer than 18 people die in Nigeria every hour as a result of…