No fewer than
fifteen million Nigerians are currently suffering from asthma, tuberculosis and
other chest related diseases.million Nigerians are currently suffering from
asthma, tuberculosis and other chest related diseases.
The national
president of Nigerian Thoracic Society; Professor Greg Erhosa announced this
while briefing newsmen at an annual national conference of the society in
Ilorin.
He attributed the
high number of Nigerians suffering from asthma and other chest diseases to lack
of preventive measures adding that the chronic disease has claimed lives of
several eminent Nigerians and the downtrodden.
The need for the
establishment of thoracic health centres in each of the six geopolitical zones
in the country he believed would address the challenges while also urging the
three tiers of governments to set aside funds for the prevention and care of
the chest related disease.
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