Nigeria: Nigeria Moves to End Communicable Diseases Among People Who Use Drugs

[WHO] Abuja, 13 August 2019 - "I have been injecting drugs for a long time and we share syringes," says Ali who lives in the suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and recently diagnosed to be co-infected with Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. Consequent to difficulties of life in the streets, Ali was exposed to drug use as early as age 10 and started using injectable drugs when he was 14. "I wish I can stop now though, but It is very difficult" he laments.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news