The Kwara State Government has charged residents to take advantage of the free Tuberculosis screening across health facilities in the state to ascertain their status and ensure healthy living.
Amina Ahmed El-Imam,State Commissioner for Health, gave the charge in Ilorin during the flag-Off of Community Sensitization and Free Screening of Tuberculosis, facilitated by Ilorin East Local Government Area TB Champion and Wife of the Local Government Chairman, Lateefat Garba Agbelere.
El-Imam who represented the First Lady of Kwara State, Olufolake Abdulrazaq, described Tuberculosis as an airborne disease that is curable, emphasizing that the screening was necessary, for those with persistent coughs.