Ghana: 25,000 TB Cases Unreported …Ghana Risks Missing WHO Target – Dr Amenyo

An estimated 25,000 people in Ghana are living with tuberculosis (TB) without being diagnosed, a situation that undermines the country’s efforts to meet the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of ending TB as a public health challenge by 2030, the Deputy Programme Manager of the National TB Control Programme, Dr Rita Patricia Frimpong Amenyo, has said.

Speaking at the opening of a training workshop on Drug-Resistant TB (DR-TB) in Accra yesterday, Dr Amenyo said: “Per WHO’s standards, Ghana is…