Experts Call For Male Involvement In TB Fight

By Spurb Ernest

Health experts and researchers have called for the involvement of men if the Country aims to end the deadly Tuberculosis disease.
According to the Ministry of Health, at least 24 persons die every day from TB and the country registers atleast 96,000 new TB cases each year. Atleast 263 people fall ill daily, and health systems do not identify 20%. 
Uganda, in line with the WHO End TB Strategy, aims to eliminate tuberculosis as a public health threat by 2030,
Dr Jasper Nidoi, a researcher at Makerere University Lung Institute (MLI), explains that according to research, TB is more prevalent in men than women due to risk factors such as alcohol consumption, smoking, places of work and poor health-seeking behaviors.
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Dr Rodrigo Nyinoburyo, an expert in infectious diseases, particularly Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, said that although the first TB drug was discovered in the 1940s, decades later, the disease is yet to be eliminated due to gaps that exist in community engagement, which need to be addressed

Nabbanja also asked men to avoid risks that expose them to TB infection and encouraged patients to embrace good nutrition to supplement treatment.