According to the UN health agency, inadequate investment and funding for tuberculosis (TB) control in Africa is jeopardizing the efforts to meet the global target of ending the disease by 2030, while the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back progress made so far in the continent.
Venancio Okello, the Omoro District Health Educator says health Workers in the various Sub-counties collected more than 2,000 sputum samples during the campaign but the majority of samples are yet to be tested for TB.
The report which combines five studies was published on Wednesday in the BMJ Global Health journal and it points to emerging evidence that women across the world face unacceptable mistreatment during childbirth including violations of their rights including rights to privacy, informed consent, and the right have a trusted companion of choice throughout childbirth.
Dr. Samuel Orochi Orach, the Executive Secretary of the Catholic Medical Bureau said
that the user fees contribute 62% of recurrent costs of running lower-level health facilities.
