UNB, Dhaka :
Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months of this year, data show while an estimated 247 cases per day remain undetected due to asymptomatic condition or lack of access to screening of the disease, icddr,b said.
The icddr,b has been implementing the USAID’s Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh (ACTB) project in collaboration with the National TB Control Programme (NTP), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) since March this year.
Recently, icddr,b joined hands with HEED Bangladesh, one of the largest local development partners, to ramp up the diagnosis and management of TB cases in tea garden areas of Sylhet Division.
The inauguration meeting was held on Tuesday at Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj in presence of Professor Dr Md Shamiul Islam, Director of Mycobacterial Disease Control (MBDC) & Line Director TBL and ASP, NTP, DGHS and Derrick S Brown, Mission Director, USAID.
Under the ACTB project, community-based interventions among tea, rubber and Punji (ethnic village) communities will be carried out to identify active cases by engaging tea garden healthcare workers and local private practitioners.
The tea-garden healthcare workers will be trained on TB screening, diagnosis, and management. Different awareness programmes will be conducted through cultural events like POT song on TB.
The partnership will also carry out active case identification for early TB case detection, contact investigation and TB preventive therapy, among others.
Tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease, remains a major public health threat in the country with 99,000 cases reported in the first six months of this year, data show while an estimated 247 cases per day remain undetected due to asymptomatic condition or lack of access to screening of the disease, icddr,b said.
The icddr,b has been implementing the USAID’s Alliance for Combating Tuberculosis in Bangladesh (ACTB) project in collaboration with the National TB Control Programme (NTP), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) since March this year.
Recently, icddr,b joined hands with HEED Bangladesh, one of the largest local development partners, to ramp up the diagnosis and management of TB cases in tea garden areas of Sylhet Division.
The inauguration meeting was held on Tuesday at Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj in presence of Professor Dr Md Shamiul Islam, Director of Mycobacterial Disease Control (MBDC) & Line Director TBL and ASP, NTP, DGHS and Derrick S Brown, Mission Director, USAID.
Under the ACTB project, community-based interventions among tea, rubber and Punji (ethnic village) communities will be carried out to identify active cases by engaging tea garden healthcare workers and local private practitioners.
The tea-garden healthcare workers will be trained on TB screening, diagnosis, and management. Different awareness programmes will be conducted through cultural events like POT song on TB.
The partnership will also carry out active case identification for early TB case detection, contact investigation and TB preventive therapy, among others.
