Live
- Noel Tata appointed Chairman of Tata Trusts
- The Ultimate Guide for Indians to Select the Right Visa for Thailand
- Railway Loco Pilot killed by unknown assailant in Vijayawada Railway Station
- iOS 18.1 Release Coming Soon: Downgrades to iOS 18 Now Blocked
- Durga Navami 2024: Wishes, Greetings, and Status Updates to Share with Loved Ones
- Apple October 2024 Event: Leaked Features of the M4 MacBook Pro
- Maha Navami 2024: Worshipping Maa Siddhidatri – Puja Vidhi, Significance, and Bhog
- India’s ship recycling industry expected to grow at 10 pc CAGR by 2028
- Navratri Day 9: Maa Siddhidatri: The Ninth Goddess of Navratri
- Taekwondo association ex-Secy charged Rs. lakh for fake sports certificates: Rajasthan Police
CHAI’s call to end TB
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day, which is observed on Thursday, the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) conducted a road rally from Gunrock to Diamond Point and visited the Mudfort slum in Secunderabad on Monday. The rally worked towards creating awards on eradication of the disease. Upto 100 nursing and management students and staff of Care Nampally,
Joining the WHO campaign ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day that will be marked with the theme, ‘Unite to End TB’, the Catholic Health Association of India has urged governments to take firm steps in the matter
Ahead of the World Tuberculosis Day, which is observed on Thursday, the Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) conducted a road rally from Gunrock to Diamond Point and visited the Mudfort slum in Secunderabad on Monday. The rally worked towards creating awards on eradication of the disease. Upto 100 nursing and management students and staff of Care Nampally, College of Nursing and Apollo College of Nursing along with social workers participated in the rally.
Speaking after flagging off the rally, Rev Fr Mathew Abraham, MD and Director General Designate of CHAI said, “Tuberculosis is one of the top killers worldwide ranking alongside HIV/AIDS. Globally, in 2014, 9.6 million fell ill and upto 1.5 million died of TB. According to a recent WHO report, India is ranked to have the highest number of TB cases in the world (WHO Global TB Report, 2015).”
“This year, the WHO calls on governments, communities, civil societies and the private sector to "Unite to End TB". The government on the one side has to take adequate steps to detect, diagnose and treat TB and on the other side educative campaigns need to be conducted to make people understand more about the killer disease,” he added.
CHAI is part of the ‘Axshya’ project that works exclusively on achieving universal access to quality TB care and control for the vulnerable and marginalised section of population in ten selected States that covers upto 96 districts. “Being implemented from 2010, in collaboration with The Union and Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) supported by the Global Fund, the project is in phase III. So far, more than 25,000 TB cases have been diagnosed and treated in the community.
CHAI is looking forward to work with the Union Government on the urban TB Care and Control to combat Tuberculosis through involvement of private hospitals and practitioners in seven identified urban locations in three States of India,” revealed Rev Fr Mathew Abraham.
In 2014, the RNTCP covered a population of 12,656 lakh and a total of 87,83,551 TB suspects were examined by sputum smear microscopy and 14,43,942 cases were registered for treatment. About 72 per cent of all registered TB cases knew their HIV status. “The loss of revenue and workforce caused by death and disablement is so great that TB has to be stamped out at any cost,” averred Fr Abraham.
