Statistics from the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate show that tuberculosis (TB) infection is on the decline in the region.<\/p>\n
A total of 2,241 cases, were reported last year, compared with the year 2015 figure of 2,367.<\/p>\n
Dr. Kwesi Yeboah Awudzi, the Deputy Regional Health Director, said it represented a 2.7 per cent reduction.<\/p>\n
He asked that this should however not make anybody complacent, but spur health workers and everybody on to sustain the momentum of the fight against the disease.<\/p>\n
Tuberculosis, he indicated, was curable and encouraged patients to report early to the hospital, more so when its\u00a0treatment was free.<\/p>\n
His advice came as Ghana joined countries across the globe to mark the World TB Day.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnite to end TB\u201d was the theme chosen for this year\u2019s event, to promote public awareness of the disease, which had remained an epidemic \u2013 causing one-and-a-half million deaths, mostly in developing nations.<\/p>\n
Dr. Awudzi spoke of what he termed \u201ca worrying trend of multiple-drug resistant-TB\u201d where treatment of the disease, using isoniazid and rifampicin drugs was becoming ineffective.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe condition arises when patients fail to take the prescriptions rightly causing the TB bacillus \u2013 the causal agent,\u00a0to overcome the effects of the isoniazid and rifampicin drug\u201d.<\/p>\n
He reminded patients to stick to doctors\u2019 prescriptions and to take their drugs regularly to avoid treatment failure.<\/p>\n
Dr. Awudzi urged people to avoid crowded places and to cover their mouths and nose when coughing or sneezing.<\/p>\n
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GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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