The international community celebrated on March 24, as every year, the “World Day once morest Tuberculosis” under the sign: “Yes! We can put an end to tuberculosis”, a strong message which led the PNLT (National Program for the Fight once morest Tuberculosis in Togo) to draw the attention of the Togolese public this Monday, April 3 to the consequences of this pathology.
“2,500 to 3,000 cases of tuberculosis are detected each year in Togo. Among those screened, 8% die each year”, informed Doctor Mohammed Fall Dogo, epidemiologist doctor and Coordinator of the PNLT, giving the overall statistics around the disease.
“Today, with the improvement of the technical platform for diagnosis, the training of technicians and actors in the fight once morest tuberculosis who offer quality care to the population, 86 to 90% of cases are well taken care of and are cured,” he said, highlighting the progress made in the monitoring and treatment of the disease in recent years in Togo.
Tuberculosis is a disease caused by a bacterium (mycobacterium tuberculosis) which most often affects the lungs. It is transmitted from person to person through the air, when an affected person coughs, sneezes or spits, it projects tubercle bacilli into the air.
The complete eradication of the pathology in Togo will take many more years, according to the opinion of specialists supported in their daily fight by the Togolese representation of the World Health Organization (WHO).