Nigeria ranks first in Africa and sixth in the world, accounting for about 4.6 per cent of the global tuberculosis burden. Yet, the inadequacy of a revolutionary diagnostic tool impedes the nation’s fight against this infectious disease, ALFRED OLUFEMI reports. At the crack of dawn every morning, Mver Foga, a 56-year-old farmer from Agasha, an agrarian community in Nigeria’s Benue State, embarks on an arduous journey to his cherished farmland.
On some days, he navigates the rugged terrain on foot, while on others, he mounts his trusty old motorcycle. However, this routine that caters to a family of six was disrupted when Mr Foga began falling ill repeatedly in January 2022. It all started with a dry coug
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