World TB Day

The World TB Day Events was held in Batu City of East Java Province, Indonesia. The series of that event started on March, 21st 2013. There were a lot of programs such as Talk Show, Seminar, Fun Games, fun walk, traditional art performance, etc. The peak of World TB Day Commemorate held on Sunday, March, 24th 2013 in Batu Town Square. Major of Batu City and Chief of East Java Provincial Health Office opened this event. Delegates from Ministry of Health, Hospital Associated, Districts Health Offices also joined. There were people from around Batu with some around East Java Province comes in.

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Awareness creation program organized under World TB Day in association with District Tuberculosis Center MaharajGanj Uttar-Pradesh, Project AXSHYA And Safe Society.In this program the many govt. official were presented CMO,DTO, All MOICs and community at large.

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The TB bacteria accelerate the progression of HIV infection to AIDS, weakening the body’s immune system until it can no longer fight disease. Every day more than 1000 people living with HIV die of tuberculosis. The combination of the two epidemics (HIV & TB) has made TB the leading cause of death in people living with HIV. TB/HIV is a deadly combination. People living with HIV are 20 to 30 times more likely to develop active TB than people without HIV infection. This was disclosed by Dr Virendra Kaul (Nodal Officer folk media campaign on HIV) at who was on monitoring visit to folk media show in the high burden zone of Kathog (Jwalamukhi) in Kangra District of North India. Our goal is to reduce tuberculosis deaths in people living with HIV by 50 per cent by 2015, he added.
Over 50 folk media shows are being conducted in the district to blast the myths and misconceptions. Folk Media has been recognized as a powerful communication tool to reach out to people with social messages particularly in rural areas.

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The Department of Pulmonology, Shaikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan is arranging a WALK AGAINST TB followed by a SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR on the occasion of WTD on Monday 25 March 2013 under supervision of Dr. Talha Mahmud.

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In February 2013, Carl Zeiss delivered over 1,200 Primo Star iLED microscopes to Ethiopia. Further orders arrived recently from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nigeria and Pakistan. Last year, Carl Zeiss delivered over 1,800 microscopes to tuberculosis centers in the affected regions.

Currently, around one third of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis pathogens. The fluorescence microscope supports medical personnel in remote regions in the fast and reliable diagnosis of tuberculosis on site. Due to its energy-saving LED illumination and high performance batteries, Primo Star iLED may also be used in areas with no power supply.

Carl Zeiss plays an active role in the combat of tuberculosis worldwide and is a member of the Stop TB Initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO founded this program in 2006 with the aim of eliminating tuberculosis by 2050. Carl Zeiss developed Primo Star iLED together with the Swiss Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND). One aspect of this collaboration is that health facilities in the worst-hit countries may obtain Primo Star iLED at a greatly reduced price. Carl Zeiss is also involved in the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, which holds the Union Conference every year.

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Street Play based on theme of Prevention of TB deaths was organized at UHTC, Ashapur Road, Raichur by the Department of Community Medicine, Navodaya Medical College, Raichur Karnataka, India on 25/3/2013.

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Indian Development Foundation in collaboration with Gremaltes Hospital organised a massive TB Awareness Rally at Marina Beach, Chennai on the eve of World TB Day. Mr. E Mariappan, IIS, Director (News) Doordarshan Chennai, flagged off the rally from the Light House. A good number of volunteers and students took part in the rally to spread awareness. Mr. S Sreeram and Mr.K Satyamurthy from IDF, Mr. Pius Kalathil from Gremaltes Hospital, IDF Social Ambassadors Mr. Anil Kumar, Mrs. Kamakshi Siva, Mrs. R. Rajammal, Mrs. Padma and Ms. Shiloh Jessie Francisca spoke at the event and stressed on greater awareness and public participation. Scouts and guides from Kendriya Vidyalaya 2, Madambakkam and students from CSI School of Nursing also participated in the rally. Doctors, paramedical workers, volunteers from STRIPES NGO and morning walkers took active part in the rally, which concluded at the Labour Statue. Indian Overseas Bank joined hands with IDF for the national programme

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To mark World TB day 2013, REACH is organising a travelling photo exhibition across various venues in the city, starting with the Marina Beach on March 24 at 6 am. Open invite to everyone to join us and stand together for a TB-free world.

The exhibition, ‘TB Tales – A Photo Essay, is a selection of 14 slice-of-life images by Yuvraj Vivek. Over a period of a month, Yuvraj Vivek went around the city photographing people affected by TB in everyday situations, to create this collection of images. These photos will be displayed at Citi Centre (March 26), railway stations and several corporate offices over a fortnight. Catch the first view on Marina Beach, March 24! See you there!

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The USAID TB Program South Africa will kick off World TB Day (WTD) 2013 activities in Cape Town, South Africa this weekend.  The TB Program joins the global Stop TB Partnership in their call to “Stop TB in my Lifetime” by focusing its World TB Activities on TB in children.

The TB Program South Africa released a new “” public service announcement and posters to encourage parents to have their children tested and treated for TB at their nearest clinic.  There will be commemorative soccer balls, t-shirts, backpacks and other items distribute throughout the day to help raise awareness about TB.

In addition, the TB Program will highlight TB in prisons. Inmates are at high risk of contracting TB and prison facilities are favorable locations for the spread of and development of drug-resistant TB.  In collaboration with the National Department of Health (NDOH) in Western Cape, prisoners from Pollsmore Correctional Facility will be screened for TB. This activity will take place around the country.

The TB Program South Africa is funded by USAID and implemented by University Research Co., LLC (URC)

Please check out the TB Program South Africa website for more information.

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Not every public health disaster can be described in numbers.

Two tuberculosis charities,  and TB Alert, have come together with Results UK and Medsin to host the screening of this new documentary by Jonathan Smith, to raise awareness of the global TB epidemic, ahead of World TB Day.

Date: Thursday 21 March, 2013
Time: Doors 18:30, Screening 19:00

Venue: The Old Market, BN3 1AS
Tickets: FREE, Ticketed Event.

‘They Go to Die’ is a documentary film investigating the lives of four former migrant gold mineworkers in South Africa and Swaziland who contracted drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) and HIV while working at a gold mine. When the miners fail to improve their TB statuses at the mining hospital, they are sent home to rural areas of Southern Africa, often with no continuation of care or means for treatment. Leading health officials refer to this practice as being ’sent home to die’.

“They Go to Die raises concerns of TB, HIV, and human rights violations in South Africa’s mining industry through the prism of life, love, and family. Unlike traditional health films, it focuses on relation­ships and bonding, not simply disease. It is a film that transcends culture and paints a portrait of common humanity.” Jonathan Smith, Director

This feature length screening is part of Results UK’s wider campaign ‘Dying For Gold: Tackling HIV and TB in Southern Africa’s Gold Mining Industry. http://results.org.uk/dying-gold

After the screening there will be a chance to talk to the Director, and representatives of all charities, about the issues raised in the film. The Old Market has a full bar and plenty of space to discuss the film afterwards with friends - stay and have a conversation about how you can help achieve justice for Southern African miners.

More about the Director:

Jonathan Smith filmed, edited, and directed the film They Go to Die. He is a lecturer in Global Health and Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at Yale University and an affiliate of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute, where he researches epidemiology of TB and HIV in the context of migrant populations. For his extensive work at as an ethnographic researcher and for creativity in the field of global health, he was awarded the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute Field Experience Award (2010), the distinguished Lowell S. Levin Award for Excellence in Global Health from Yale University (2011), and the International Tuberculosis Survival Prize from the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership (2011).

Read the Director’s statement here http://theygotodie.com/about/directors-statement/

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