The commissioner said this in Uyo on Thursday at the launch of the tuberculosis awareness campaign organised by the Action Health Incorporated. The Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Health, Dr Dominic Ukpong, says the state government will eradicate tuberculosis from the state by 2030, under the Sustainable Developmental Goals of ending the epidemic.The commissioner said this in Uyo on Thursday at the launch of the tuberculosis awareness campaign organised by the Action Health Incorporated.Ukpong, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Bassey Ating, noted that tuberculosis was a known chronic and debilitating disease, responsible for high level of morbidity and mortality globally.The commissioner said that the state government had repositioned the Ministry of Health in ensuring that all persons affected by the disease were actively sorted and treated accordingly.The commissioner said that government efforts in checking the disease were not aimed at only achieving global set goal but also to have healthy and productive people.
