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NCoS Debunks TB Outbreak Report In Custodial Facilities

Last updated: 2026/01/05 at 5:45 AM

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An Indian doctor examines a X-ray picture of a tuberculosis patient in a district TB center on World Tuberculosis Day in Jammu, India, Monday, March 24, 2014. India has the highest incidence of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report 2013, with as many as 2.4 million cases. India saw the greatest increase in multidrug-resistant TB between 2011 and 2012. The disease kills about 300,000 people every year in the country. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

NCoS Debunks TB Outbreak Report In Custodial Facilities

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has expressed concern regarding a report claiming Nigerian prisons are “hotbeds” for tuberculosis (TB).

It’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Jane Osuji, said that the publication was not only malicious but also irresponsible in its coverage of public health issues.

Osuji, in a statement issued in Abuja, explained that the service finds the report to be inaccurate and misleading. Her words: “The report adopted a sensational tone, portraying custodial centres as unchecked ‘hotbeds’ for tuberculosis.

“This approach is misleading and gives an erroneous impression of systemic neglect where none exists.”

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