Bauchi records over 9,000 tuberculosis cases in 2023

Bauchi State said it recorded 9,332 Drug Susceptible Tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2023 as against 7, 806 in 2022.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adamu Sambo, disclosed this on Sunday during the 2024 World TB Day commemoration in Bauchi.

He said, “It is gratifying to inform you that in 2023, Bauchi State detected and notified 9, 332 Drug Susceptible TB cases as against 7, 806 in 2022. With an estimated TB target of 16, 092 in 2023, the state had achieved a 57.9% performance in TB case notification.

“Out of the 7,730 new TB cases detected and registered for treatment in 2022, about 7,435 were successfully treated, thereby achieving a 96% Treatment Success Rate (TSR) at the end of 2023.”

The commissioner further said the state has 794 free TB treatment centres and 127 TB diagnostic centres.

He said the state has 16 GeneXpert, 3 Truenat and 8 TB Lamp machines, which are the latest machines that diagnose both the drug-sensitive TB bacteria and the drug-resistant strain of the bacteria that cause Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR-TB) form of TB.