This year, the theme of the World TB Day is “We are on the move against TB: Transforming the fight towards elimination”.
World TB Day, held every year on 24 March, is intended to build public awareness that tuberculosis remains a serious epidemic and threat to global public health security, affecting particularly the developing world and particularly the poor and vulnerable. This date commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis – the TB bacillus.
Although it is almost more than 130 years since this organism was identified, the TB epidemic is still a major cause of disease and death in many parts of the world.
Tuberculosis (TB) kills almost 5000 people each day, and is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV/AIDS.
According to the World Health Organization, almost 40% of TB cases are not properly detected and treated. While treatment for TB exists, more and more individuals are being diagnosed with multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB which is difficult and expensive to treat.
While much has been accomplished in the fight against this disease, there is still much more to be done if we are to meet the Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of TB by 2015 and ultimately eliminating TB. In order to achieve this goal, it is imperative that, at least 70% of all new TB cases are first detected, and then at least 85% of those detected successfully complete their treatment.
All of us are key players in this move to stop TB and transforming the fight towards elimination. This year, the theme of the World TB Day is “On the move against tuberculosis: Transforming the fight towards elimination”. It reflects the need for a new way forward to stop TB. The idea is to recognize the importance of each individual in bringing about effective outcomes from TB control programmes in a variety of settings.
All of us are encouraged to talk to our families, relatives and friends that; anybody with cough for more than two weeks should seek medical care at the nearest health facility for diagnosis and ultimately for treatment.
TB is like any other sickness and can be cured once you take the treatment regularly and on time until you complete and the TB treatment is free of charge.
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