World Tuberculosis Day 2014- Find, Treat, Cure TB
by Dr. Nithin Jayan on Mar 23, 2014Advertisement
World Tuberculosis Day 2014- Find, Treat, Cure TB
World TB Day falls on March 24th, and this year’s theme aims at putting an end to the global epidemic and bring TB-related deaths to zero. Of the 9 million people who get sick with TB every year 3 million are missed i.e. they fail to get the care they need. The World TB Day 2014 targets to ‘reach the 3 million; find, treat and cure TB.’World TB Day 2011 Interview: Time to Say Bye to TB
The 24th March of every year is World Tuberculosis Day. The relevance of the statement cannot be more reinstated on the curable communicable disease in a country like India. Out of sheer ignorance, TB is still considered a fatal disease and the struggle to eradicate the disease and to open the closed mindset of the society has become an everyday battle for patients and medical practitioners alike. On a quest for answers Medindia met with Dr. P. Senthilkumar, Pulmonologist of ‘Asthma, TB and Chest Clinic’, Chennai, South India, to inform on the significance of World TB Day 2011.Detecting Tuberculosis: No Microscopes, Just Rats
This is the cheapest way for detecting tuberculosis and may become the first line of test provided it is accepted by the medical community.Presently smear microscopy is the most commonly used method in developing countries. This technique is 100 years old and involves staining the sputum with a dye that colors only Mycobacterium Tuberculosis bacteria, which can then be examined under a microscope. This technique can be used in places with minimum diagnostic facilities, but is not very sensitive unless the bacilli concentration in sputum is high.Drug Resistance – Antibiotic or Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug resistance is often a problem in malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and hospital acquired diseases. Judicious use of antibiotics can control the problemAdvertisement
