Fiji Times Tuesday 17 October 2017 A TOTAL of 311 cases of tuberculosis were recorded by the Ministry of Health and Medical Services last year.
Central TB control officer Dr Mesulame Namedre revealed this at a special media brief on the “Breathe Well” program in Suva last Friday.
“Last year we recorded 312 cases, according to WHO we are only recording about slightly more than 50 per cent of the cases,” he said.
The ministry was reaching out to the communities through the “Breathe Well” mobile clinic.
“So majority of our cases are still out in the community. This ‘Breathe Well’ mobile clinic is like a mini-TB clinic so it comes equipped with spit on testing machines and digital X-ray machine,” Dr Namedre said. Read more…
