As part of the Department of Health’s (DOH) campaign to raise awareness on tuberculosis (TB), the students participated in fun and educational activities, which centered on fighting the stigma and debunking the myths and misconceptions about the disease.
Moreover, the highlight of the #TBDay school tour was the teaching of a children’s clap game. Called “TB DOTS Clap Game,” it aims to educate students about TB DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course), an effective method recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to cure TB and stop its spread in communities. In the Philippines, TB DOTS is offered for free thru accredited DOTS Centers.
Sa tuwing umuubo ang tatay ko
Natatakot ako baka TB na ito
Pero wag ka, wag ka
TB ay nagagamot
Kapag kumukonsulta ka
TB DOTS
TB DOTS
TB TB TB DOTS (2X)
Di dapat mahiya kung may TB ka
Matanda man o bata
May ngipin o wala
Mahirap, mayaman
Bariles, payat o seksi pa
TB ay tatama kung mahina ka
TB DOTS
TB DOTS
TB TB TB DOTS (2X)
Let’s play the TB DOTS Clap for a TB-Free Philippines!
August 19 is National TB Day
Signed on July 30, 1996, President Fidel V. Ramos by virtue of Proclamation No. 840 declared August 19 as National Tuberculosis Day. (Read the proclamation here:
http://www.healthpromo.doh.gov.ph/events/natl-tuberculosis-day/)
With the aim to promote awareness on tuberculosis (TB)—an infectious yet curable disease which to date is the sixth leading cause of death in the Philippines—National TB Day is celebrated in August in observance also of National Tuberculosis Awareness Month.
At the same time, August 19 commemorates the birth of President Manuel L. Quezon who died of TB more than 70 years ago. Today marks the late President’s 136th birthday anniversary—a non-working holiday in Quezon City, Quezon and Aurora provinces.
For 18 years now, the Department of Health (DOH) together with Local Government Units (LGU) thru its National TB Program (NTP) has been strengthening its campaign to eliminate TB cases in the country by raising knowledge and awareness on the early detection and treatment of TB.
UP celebrates #TBday
In observance of the National Tuberculosis Awareness Month, the UP College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) held its #TBday event yesterday, August 18, 2014. Faculty, staff and students gathered at the CMC Annex Lobby for a series of activities.*
Dr. Samuel Duran of the East Avenue Medical Center graced the event to express his gratitude to DZUP as partner in raising the awareness on TB. DZUP’s Ms. Ivy Claudio, in response, explained the significance of utilizing radio and online media platforms to achieve this goal.
Throughout the event, people expressed their support by liking the TB or not TB Facebook Page and by using “I Support #TBDay” on their Facebook and Twitter posts.
www.tbornottb.com.ph is a project of the DOH in partnership with DZUP for its TB awareness campaign.
Int’l Org donates mobile X-ray to BJMP
On September 10, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), a Geneva-based international humanitarian institution, handed over its donation of one (1) digital mobile X-ray machine to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to aid in the improvement of TB control measures in jails. During the turnover ceremony, BJMP officer-in-charge Jail Chief Diony Mamaril received the mobile X-ray unit through ICRC’s health coordinator in the Philippines Ms. Beatriz Karottki. The said unit shall be utilized for the rapid screening of TB among inmates and personnel of BJMP in Metro Manila.
The X-ray machine is going to be stationed at the Quezon City Jail (QCJ)—one of the two pilot sites where the ICRC has been working to implement its TB program. QCJ also serves as pilot site for ICRC’s Health Information Management System to improve entry medical screening, recording and reporting of jail health activities.
The ICRC conducted a TB mass screening in QCJ earlier on—July, two months prior—as part of heightened efforts to detect and manage TB cases and hence prevent its spread. A total of 2,853 inmates and 102 jail staff benefited from the screening, where 153 TB cases to-date have been identified and currently undergoing treatment.
Source: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/378723/cbb/icrc-donates-mobile-x-ray-for-tb-screening-in-jails
From TB to MDR-TB to XDR-TB
Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable disease if diagnosed promptly and adequately treated. A risk of developing multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), however, increases due to failure to complete the prescribed six-month treatment (i.e., directly observed treatment, short course or TB DOTS), inapt treatment regimen or unreliable supply of drugs. MDR-TB is resistant to the two most powerful and commonly used drugs in the first-line regimen: isoniazid and rifampicin. Treatment for MDR-TB requires expensive second-line anti-TB drugs, which must be administered for a minimum of two years or longer.
From MDR-TB emerges an even more fatal TB—the Extremely drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), also known as Extensively drug-resistant TB. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that an average of roughly 5 %t of MDR-TB cases are XDR-TB. This form of TB poses a more serious and complicated threat to the lives of those infected because of its resistance to first- and second-line drugs. Treatment options therefore are very limited. Reports reveal that an estimated 70% of XDR-TB patients die within a month of diagnosis.
Medical treatment of TB requires serious commitment in order to effectively cure patients and avoid further complications. Early detection of TB together with its proper management prevents the emergence of drug-resistant TB. Likewise, adequate treatment of MDR-TB prevents the emergence of XDR-TB.
Sources: http://www.tballiance.org/why/mdr-xdr.php
http://www.pchrd.dost.gov.ph/index.php/2012-05-23-07-46-36/2012-05-24-00-03-06/425-extensively-drug-resistant-tb-xdr-tb
http://www.who.int/tb/challenges/mdr/xdr/en/
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