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Over 108,000 Treated For Tuberculosis Since 2019 – NGO

Over 108,000 Treated For Tuberculosis Since 2019 – NGO

More than 108,000 people have received treatment for tuberculosis since 2019 in Mozambique, according to data from the non-governmental organisation People to People Development Aid Association (ADPP) to which Lusa had access on Tuesday.

According to the statistics presented by ADPP, the organisation that implemented the ‘Mozambique Local TB Response (LTBR)’ project between 2019 and 2024 in the country, of the total 108,242 notified and treated, 10,547 were children.

“The project reached 6,403,980 people with educational messages about tuberculosis, and screened 6,421,685 individuals, including children under 5,” reads the data presented by the organisation, detailing that the initiative was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with a budget of US$25 million (€22.8 million).

The document adds that the project, which included the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, was implemented in 50 districts in the provinces of Zambézia, Sofala and Tete, in the centre of Mozambique, and in Nampula, in the north of the country.

In addition, during the same period, the project maintained and improved infrastructure in more than 20 health units, including the installation of equipment such as five digital X-ray machines and 50 iLED microscopes, as well as providing motorbikes and computers in health units.

Lusa previously reported that Mozambique registered more than 116,000 cases of tuberculosis in 2023, compared to 119,000 in 2022, but the disease remains ‘an important public health challenge’, indicated the ministry of health.

Of the total 116,817 cases notified last year, 11% were diagnosed in children and a further 1,685 were resistant tuberculosis, according to data released in March.

‘Up to 95% of patients were successfully treated in 2023,’ says the Mozambican ministry of health, adding that drugs to treat the disease are available in all hospital units in the country.

In 2022, Mozambique recorded 5,300 deaths from tuberculosis and 119,000 cases of the disease, according to a report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) last year.

That year, the WHO classified Mozambique and Angola as the Portuguese Language Countries with the highest number of tuberculosis cases.

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