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Health authorities in Ashanti worried about low tuberculosis case detection


Health authorities in Ashanti worried about low tuberculosis case detection

September 1, 2021 at 8:48 AM

The consistent decline in tuberculosis cases detection in the Ashanti Region has left health authorities concerned about the possible spread of the infectious disease in communities.Cases seen in the first half of 2020 dropped from 1,200 to 1,000 during the same period in 2021, a situation that officials say is in contrast to the increasing cases of Multiple Drug Resistant (MDR) tuberculosis cases being recorded in the Region.

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