Plateau records 11,000 tuberculosis cases this year

From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the Tuberculosis (TB) and Leprosy Control Programme in Plateau State, Mr Yohanna Bot, said no fewer than 11,000 tuberculosis infection cases have been recorded this year, including 2,047 isolated between July and September 2026.
Bot, who disclosed this in Jos at the first biannual media-focused advocacy meeting on the Global Fund ATM (AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria) Integrated Community-led Monitoring (ICLM) Project, said that the disease has achieved an alarming proportion with a prevalence rate of 219 per 100,000 of the state population.
He said that those identified have been isolated and are being treated at vari...