World TB Day awareness launched at QVS

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Aminiasi Vunisa of Queen Victoria School gets an x-ray done by Sushmindar Kaur of Tailevu Medical Subdivision during the screening of Tuberculosis at QVS today. Picture: RAMA

THE World Tuberculosis (TB day) celebration was launched at Queen Victoria School in Tailevu today.

Awareness sessions followed by TB screening for the students was conducted in the school by officials from the Ministry of Health.

In a statement released today, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services says that it is committed to achieving the 2035 global End-TB program targets of reducing TB incidence and deaths by 90 per cent and 95 per cent respectively.

The symptoms of TB include coughing for over 2 weeks, fever, night sweats, weight loss and coughing out blood.

TB is diagnosed by having a chest X-Ray and a sputum sample tested for the presence of the bacteria.

Dr Sam Fullman from the National TB Program said the spread of TB can be prevented by practicing good cough etiquette, ensuring that homes are well ventilated and not overcrowded, and regularly sunning out the beddings.

The World TB Day commemoration that is set to be conducted this Friday intends to create and escalate public awareness on TB and reflect on continuous colossal efforts of controlling the disease.

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