Plateau recorded over 5,000 tuberculosis cases in 2025 — Commissioner

The Plateau State Government has disclosed that nary less than 5,000 cases of tuberculosis (TB) were recorded crossed the authorities successful 2025.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Ba’amlong, made this known connected Monday successful Jos, portion briefing journalists up of activities marking the 2026 World Tuberculosis Day.

Ba’amlong said “the fig highlights the continued nationalist wellness situation posed by tuberculosis successful the state, contempt ongoing efforts to curb its spread”.

According to him, the government, successful collaboration with improvement partners, has intensified lawsuit detection, treatment, and consciousness campaigns to trim transmission and mortality rates.

He urged residents to instrumentality vantage of escaped TB investigating and attraction services disposable successful designated wellness facilities, stressing that aboriginal detection remains cardinal to effectual absorption of the disease.

The commissioner besides called connected the nationalist to debar stigmatization of patients, noting that tuberculosis is curable erstwhile decently treated.

Plateau recorded implicit 5,000 tuberculosis cases successful 2025 — Commissioner