“Went through tuberculosis (TB) peritonitis. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Many hospitals do not make right diagnosis. Headed up developing adhesions, laparoscopy done but two years down the line, I still feel the effects of TB (Scola, 2018).”
Everyday, it is estimated that 30 people in Uganda succumb to TB and die. Often undignified deaths. For the majority who die of TB were likely indigent and poor.
Dear our leaders, TB is among avoidable diseases. If diagnosed early, it is easily stopped from spreading as wide as it has spread in Uganda today.
“The concept of all of Africa and all of the people of Africa as virgin soil for tuberculosis is rooted in an archaic Eurocentric view of Africa, and cannot be supported today by available data.” Daniel T.M. writes in “The early history of tuberculosis in central East Africa: insights from the clinical records of the first twenty years of Mengo Hospital and review of relevant literature.” CLICK HERE to read more of this article published in National Library of Medicine
Simply put, with political will in place, sufficient resources allocated to the fight against TB, we can end TB in Uganda.
CPAR Uganda 
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