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Lagos Corps Members Gets Tuberculosis Screening

The Lagos State Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Institute of Human Virology, have today sensitized corps members in the ongoing 2023 Batch “C” Stream I Orientation course in Iyana-Ipaja, on the dangers of Tuberculosis and have declared a 3-day screening exercise for corps members who are interested to get tested.
Speaking during the sensitization programme, she said some of the symptoms of Tuberculosis include coughing, sneezing and night sweat. She also stated that according to the Global report, 2023, a whooping 7.3 million people are affected by Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis disease.

Dr. Lanwanson sensitized the corps members on the dangers of tuberculosis, urging them to carry out tests to ascertain the state of their health. She also beseeched them to become advocates of Tuberculosis sensitization in their various places of assignment in order to stem the disease. She added that being advocates can enable them sensitize children and the elderly of their communities on the causes, danger and ways to avoid contracting Tuberculosis.
She urged the corps members to educate the residents of the communities of the free testing and vaccination for Tuberculosis that is on-going in the different government hospitals of Lagos State, through a joint effort between the Institute of Human Virology and the Lagos State Ministry of Health.
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