World Tuberculosis Day: 2.2 million TB cases occur in
India every year
Around 25% of the Indian population is infected with TB
bacteria, the vast majority of whom have latent rather than active TB. 9
million new cases of tuberculosis (TB) are added every year world-wide,
2.2 million cases occurs in India making the world’s highest Tuberculosis
burden country.
Tuberculosis is a disease with devastating social and
economic costs, the enormous burden of the disease in India can be seen by the
fact that more and more adults die from TB than any other infectious disease
and most of these are avoidable deaths. Hence TB control contributes
substantially to the social and economic development of the country by reducing
the suffering from TB and preventing untimely deaths of lakhs of Indians in
their prime years of life.
The world-wide scenario prompted WHO to observe this year’s
World TB Prevention Day on March 24 with the slogan — ‘Reach, treat,
cure every one’.
Dr. Sameer Garde, Pulmonologist, Global Hospitals, Mumbai,
says ‘India is fighting a TB epidemic. Tuberculosis is the leading cause of
death and can be spread through a simple cough or sneeze. Anyone who comes
into contact with an individual infected with tuberculosis bacteria is at risk
of developing the disease, so one obvious solution is to steer clear of people
who are sick, sneezing, and coughing.’
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
24.03.2015
World TB Day: President urges Indians to work unitedly
to end scourge of TB
On the occasion of World TB day, President Pranab
Mukherjee has urged Indians to fight the battle against tuberculosis unitedly. Addressing the nation, he said
that TB, which claims one life every two minutes needs to be tackled together
by everyone. He supported the need to create awareness about prevention and
treatment of the disease. He also expressed the need to scale -up research to
develop new treatments and preventive measures.
India has long fought its battle with tuberculosis with
various campaigns urging masses to get regular check-ups and not neglect
symptoms of the disease. He expressed his satisfaction over the revised
national tuberculosis control programme which has been able to test 86 million
people, treat 19 million patients and save 3.4 million lives since its
inception in 1993. HE urged all stakeholders to pledge their support in
achieving the goal of zero TB deaths in our country in the shortest possible
time.
Source: www.thehealthsite.com
24.03.2015
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