All Requests Tagged 'World' - Community life competence2024-03-29T11:53:00Zhttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/group/tbcompetence/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=World&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAction: World TB Day (24 March): On the move against tuberculosis towards eliminationtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-03-21:2028109:Topic:400142011-03-21T03:31:31.579Zbobby ramakanthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/bobbyramakant
<p>Action: World TB Day (24 March): On the move against tuberculosis towards elimination</p>
<p>Source: Stop TB Partnership</p>
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<p><strong>TRANSFORMING THE FIGHT TOWARDS ELIMINATION</strong></p>
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<p>Dear TB Competence members,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For World TB Day 2011 we enter the second year of a two-year campaign, "On the move against tuberculosis" whose goal is to inspire innovation in TB research and care.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This year's…</p>
<p>Action: World TB Day (24 March): On the move against tuberculosis towards elimination</p>
<p>Source: Stop TB Partnership</p>
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<p><strong>TRANSFORMING THE FIGHT TOWARDS ELIMINATION</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Dear TB Competence members,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For World TB Day 2011 we enter the second year of a two-year campaign, "On the move against tuberculosis" whose goal is to inspire innovation in TB research and care.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>This year's campaign challenges us to look at the fight against TB in an entirely new way: that every step we take should be a step towards TB elimination.</p>
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<p>The campaign is inspired by the ambitious new objectives and targets of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2011-2015: Transforming the Fight-Towards Elimination of Tuberculosis, which was launched by the Stop TB Partnership in October 2010. This new plan, for the first time, identifies all the research gaps that need to be filled to bring rapid TB tests, faster treatment regimens and a fully effective vaccine to market. It also shows public health programmes how to drive universal access to TB care, including how to modernize diagnostic laboratories and adopt revolutionary TB tests that have recently become available.</p>
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<p>The campaign will focus once again on individuals around the world who have found new ways to stop TB and can serve as an inspiration to others. The idea is to recognize people who have introduced a variety of innovations in a variety of settings.</p>
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<p><strong>WORLD TB DAY BLOG</strong></p>
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<p>Members are encouraged to speak their world online at the World TB Day blog, go to: <a href="http://www.worldtbday.org/">http://www.worldtbday.org/</a></p>
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<p><strong>DOWNLOAD RESOURCES ON WORLD TB DAY</strong></p>
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<p>To download resources on World TB Day like campaign documents, key messages, posters etc, go to: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2011/resources.html">http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2011/resources.html</a></p>
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<p><strong>KEY MESSAGES ON WORLD TB DAY (Source: Stop TB Partnership)</strong></p>
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<p><strong>IT'S TIME TO BREAK THE BARRIERS TO A WORLD FREE OF TB</strong></p>
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<p>TB programmes around the world save millions of lives every year, but we need to move faster. If we fail to step up action today, about 40 million people will become ill with TB and at least eight million will die unnecessarily between now and 2015. TB is an ancient disease, but today it is curable. In the 21st century, no one should die from TB.</p>
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<p><strong>IT'S TIME FOR AN AMBITIOUS NEW RESEARCH AGENDA</strong></p>
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<p>Recent research has brought us new rapid diagnostics, which are coming to market this year. More research will take us to the next critical step: a simple point-of-care test that can be used in any basic health care setting and requires little technical knowledge. New drugs for MDR-TB are on the horizon. A stronger investment will make them available as soon as possible. We will not eliminate TB without a vaccine that is safe and effective in preventing the disease in people of all ages, but vaccine research is vastly underfunded. Funders need to step up their contribution to TB research today to achieve zero TB deaths tomorrow.</p>
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<p><strong>IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMMES TO REACH ALL TB PATIENTS</strong></p>
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<p>A third of people with TB are not reached with accurate diagnosis and appropriate care. Civil society, all health care providers – including those in the private sector – and businesses need to team up to drive universal access to TB care. It is a goal that also requires modernizing laboratories, ensuring reliable access to high-quality drugs and taking action to mobilize additional resources.</p>
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<p><strong>IT'S TIME FOR AMBITIOUS NEW GOALS ON MDR-TB TREATMENT</strong></p>
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<p>We know what is needed to scale up MDR-TB treatment: strong commitment by governments, a reliable supply of high-quality drugs, an engaged health workforce and communities. We can reach the goals of the Global Plan to Stop TB 2011–2015 and push beyond them. By 2015, all people with MDR-TB should receive accurate diagnosis and effective treatment.</p>
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<p><strong>IT'S TIME TO MOVE RAPIDLY TOWARDS ZERO DEATHS FROM TB/HIV</strong></p>
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<p>Our goals are clear. By 2015, half as many people should die from HIV-associated TB. One hundred per cent of TB patients should be tested for HIV and 100% of people in HIV care services should be screened for TB. All people living with HIV should be receiving preventive treatment or anti-TB drugs as appropriate. The year 2011 is the time for a massive scale-up to realize universal access to TB/HIV services.</p>
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<p>For more information, go to: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org/">www.stoptb.org</a></p> World Health Day (7th April): 2010 is Year of the Lungstag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-04-07:2028109:Topic:198522010-04-07T08:57:02.035Zbobby ramakanthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/bobbyramakant
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">World Health Day (7th April): 2010 is Year of<br />
the Lungs</span></span> <br></br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">[Notes:
<br></br>1) To read this
post in <a href="http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Hindi</b> language</a> ,<br />
<br />
click <a href="http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> <br></br>2)
7th of April is…</span>
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">World Health Day (7th April): 2010 is Year of<br />
the Lungs</span></span> <br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">[Notes:
<br/>1) To read this
post in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html"><b>Hindi</b> language</a> ,<br />
<br />
click <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html">here</a> <br/>2)
7th of April is World Health Day, to read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html"><b>Urbanization<br />
and Health in spotlight on World Health Day</b></a> , click <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html">here</a> <br />
]<br/>*************************************************<br/><br/>The
year<br />
2010 was declared as year of the lungs to recognize that hundreds<br />
of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable<br />
and</span> <span style="color: rgb(32, 18, 77);">preventable chronic<br />
respiratory diseases. This initiative acknowledges that lung health has<br />
long been neglected in public discourses, and understands the need to<br />
unify different health advocates behind one purpose of lung health,<br />
informed Dr Nils Billo, Chair of the Forum of International Respiratory<br />
Societies (FIRS).</span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html"></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"><br/></span><br/>The
FIRS partners include the International Union Against Tuberculosis and<br />
Lung Disease (The Union), American Thoracic Society (ATS), Asian<br />
Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), Asociacion Latinoamericana de<br />
Torax (ALAT), European Respiratory Society (ERS), Pan African Thoracic<br />
Society and American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).<br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Earlier
last year, the New York Times carried a series of articles on different<br />
parts of human body, but forgot the lungs! It is difficult to remain<br />
alive without lungs for more than few seconds!</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">The
Declaration signed by the partners of the Forum of International<br />
Respiratory Societies (FIRS) at the 40th Union World Conference on Lung<br />
Health last year read as following:</span><br/><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">[Begin]</span></i><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">WE NOTE WITH GRAVE CONCERN THAT:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Hundreds
of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable<br />
and preventable respiratory diseases, including tuberculosis (TB),<br />
asthma, lung cancer, H1N1, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary<br />
disease (COPD).</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">WE
RECOGNIZE THAT:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Despite
the magnitude of suffering and death caused by lung disease, lung<br />
health has long been neglected in public discourse and in public health<br />
decisions.</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">WE CALL UPON
OUR PARTNERS TO:</span><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Enact
smoking cessation legislation and programs to reduce the prevalence and<br />
stigma of tobacco-related lung diseases.</span><br/><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">[Ends]</span></i><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">There
are a range of health and environmental factors that affect our lung<br />
health. This includes tuberculosis (TB), tobacco smoke, biomass fuel<br />
smoke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pneumonia among<br />
other respiratory infections. The evidence of their potentially<br />
devastating effects on global public health is increasing and they<br />
require a coordinated approach for control. These diseases all occur in<br />
predominantly resource-poor countries. They are perpetuated by poverty<br />
and inadequate resources and their control and management require<br />
coordinated approach among health programmes at all levels.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Statistically,
there is 1 TB-related death that takes place every 18 seconds, 1 HIV<br />
death every 16 seconds, 1 child dies of pneumonia every 15 seconds and<br />
1 smoking-related death every 13 seconds. The enormous public challenge<br />
posed by the combined epidemics of tobacco smoking, HIV, TB and COPD,<br />
is undoubtedly alarming.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">More
than 2 billion people or a third of the world's total population, are<br />
infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is now the<br />
world's seventh-leading cause of death. It killed 1.8 million people<br />
worldwide last year, up from 1.77 million in 2007. It is one of the<br />
three primary diseases that are closely linked to poverty, the other<br />
two being AIDS and malaria.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Tobacco
smoking is unquestionably the primary risk factor for COPD. More than 5<br />
million deaths are attributed to tobacco use every year. Smokers have<br />
two fold higher risk of developing active TB disease. Tobacco smokers<br />
have 2 times more risk of dieing of TB. Tobacco smoke increases the<br />
risk of pneumonia, influenza, menningococcal meningitis, among others.<br />
Evidence is accumulating that smoking is a risk factor for TB. However<br />
there is no published data on the cellular interactions of tobacco<br />
smoke and mycobacterium tuberculosis. The risk to develop active TB<br />
disease is higher when tobacco smoking is combined with alcohol.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Dr
Donald Enarson stressed that tobacco smoking cessation is an important<br />
part of the comprehensive tobacco control programme, and not the only<br />
part. So all components of the comprehensive tobacco control measures<br />
should be implemented for improving public health outcomes. Dr Enarson<br />
was referring to MPOWER report from Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) of<br />
WHO which outlines the MPOWER package, a set of six key tobacco control<br />
measures that reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on<br />
Tobacco Control (FCTC, global tobacco treaty). Another delegates<br />
remarked that MPOWER is in line with the global tobacco treaty - FCTC -<br />
and we should be demanding implementation of the treaty to which<br />
governments have committed to enforce. The WHO FCTC is the first public<br />
health and corporate accountability treaty, said a delegate from India.<br />
Comprehensive tobacco control programmes can yield major public health<br />
outcomes, as 30% of male TB patients die of tobacco smoking.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Asthma
is yet another major lung health challenge. It is a chronic disease<br />
that affects airways. When people have asthma, the inside walls of<br />
their airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive,<br />
and they may react strongly to things that they are allergic to or find<br />
irritating. When airways react, they get narrower and lungs get less<br />
air. This can cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble<br />
breathing, especially early in the morning or at night. When asthma<br />
symptoms become worse than usual, it's called an asthma attack. In a<br />
severe asthma attack, the airways can close so much that vital organs<br />
do not get enough oxygen. People can die from severe asthma attacks.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">More
than 300 million people around the world have asthma, and the disease<br />
imposes a heavy burden on individuals, families, and societies. The<br />
Global Burden of Asthma Report, indicates that asthma control often<br />
falls short and there are many barriers to asthma control around the<br />
world. Proper long-term management of asthma will permit most patients<br />
to achieve good control of their disease. Yet in many regions around<br />
the world, this goal is often not met. Poor asthma control is also seen<br />
in the lifestyle limitations experienced by some people with asthma.<br />
For example, in some regions, up to one in four children with asthma is<br />
unable to attend school regularly because of poor asthma control.<br />
Asthma deaths are the ultimate, tragic evidence of uncontrolled asthma.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">According
to the Global Burden of Asthma Report, the majority of asthma deaths in<br />
some regions of the world are preventable. Effective asthma treatments<br />
exist and, with proper diagnosis, education, and treatment, the great<br />
majority of asthma patients can achieve and maintain good control of<br />
their disease. When asthma is under control, patients can live full and<br />
active lives.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Pneumonia
claims<br />
<br />
two million children under five each year, yet no new drug,<br />
vaccine or special diagnostic test is needed to save their lives. The<br />
answers are at hand, and effective treatment is both inexpensive and<br />
widely available.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Host
<br />
of other conditions that affect the lungs, are preventable, and often<br />
treatable.</span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">Let
us hope that 2010 Year of The Lung initiative of FIRS succeeds in<br />
putting the spotlight on the long neglected part of human body which<br />
New York Times missed, the lungs.</span> <br/><br/>Bobby Ramakant, CNS<br/>-------------<br/><br/>To
<br />
download or read the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html"><b>English</b></a> <br />
version, go to:<br />
<a href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html">http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html</a><br/><br/>To
download or read the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html"><b>Hindi</b></a> <br />
version, go to: http://hindi-cns.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-post_24.html<br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);">7th of April is World Health
Day, to read <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html"><b>Urbanization<br />
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and Health in spotlight on World Health Day</b></a> , click <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html">here</a> <br />
or go to:</span> <a href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html">http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/04/world-health-day.html</a><br/><br/><br/><br/>
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The year 2010, is the year of the Lungs. For more information, go to: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html">http://www.citizen-news.org/2010/01/2010-is-year-of-lungs.html</a><br />
</tt> World TB Day and 2010 Year of the Lungtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-03-17:2028109:Topic:186052010-03-17T05:56:54.365Zbobby ramakanthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/bobbyramakant
<p class="MsoPlainText">The World TB Day is just a week ahead of us. For more information on World TB Day, please go to: <a href="http://stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/">http://stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">This year 2010 is the year of the lung - for more background on year of the Lung, please read an article on year of the lung announcement that came out from the 40th Union World…</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The World TB Day is just a week ahead of us. For more information on World TB Day, please go to: <a href="http://stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/">http://stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/</a></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">This year 2010 is the year of the lung - for more background on year of the Lung, please read an article on year of the lung announcement
that came out from the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun,<br />
Mexico in December 2009 (or go online at: <a href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2009/12/year-2010-is-declared-as-year-of-lung.html">http://www.citizen-news.org/2009/12/year-2010-is-declared-as-year-of-lung.html</a><br />
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<p class="MsoPlainText">I look forward to reading comments from the members on how the messages in lead up to the World TB Day is reinforcing advocacy for
year of the lung.</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Bobby Ramakant</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Email: <a href="mailto:bobbyramakant@yahoo.com">bobbyramakant@yahoo.com</a></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The year 2010 is declared as Year of the Lung</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) convening at the 40th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Cancun, Mexico,
declared the year 2010 as the Year of the Lung. This was done to recognize that<br />
hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable<br />
and preventable chronic respiratory diseases. This initiative acknowledges that<br />
lung health has long been neglected in public discourses, and understands the<br />
need to unify different health advocates behind one purpose of lung health,<br />
informed Dr Nils Billo, Chair of FIRS. The FIRS partners include the<br />
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), American<br />
Thoracic Society (ATS), Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), Asociacion<br />
Latinoamericana de Torax (ALAT), European Respiratory Society (ERS), Pan<br />
African Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">The New York Times carried a series of articles on different parts of human body, but forgot the lungs! It is difficult to remain
alive without lungs for more than few seconds!</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">The Declaration signed by the partners of the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) read as following:</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">[Begin]</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">WE NOTE WITH GRAVE CONCERN THAT:</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hundreds of millions of people around the world suffer each year from treatable and preventable respiratory diseases, including
tuberculosis (TB), asthma, lung cancer, H1N1, pneumonia, chronic obstructive<br />
pulmonary disease (COPD).</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">WE RECOGNIZE THAT:</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Despite the magnitude of suffering and death caused by lung disease, lung health has long been neglected in public discourse and in
public health decisions.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">WE CALL UPON OUR PARTNERS TO:</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Enact smoking cessation legislation and programs to reduce the prevalence and stigma of tobacco-related lung diseases.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">[Ends]</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">There are a range of health and environmental factors that affect our lung health. This includes tuberculosis (TB), tobacco smoke,
biomass fuel smoke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pneumonia<br />
among other respiratory infections. The evidence of their potentially<br />
devastating effects on global public health is increasing and they require a<br />
coordinated approach for control. These diseases all occur in predominantly<br />
resource-poor countries. They are perpetuated by poverty and inadequate<br />
resources and their control and management require coordinated approach among<br />
health programmes at all levels.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Statistically, there is 1 TB-related death that takes place every 18 seconds, 1 HIV death every 16 seconds, 1 child dies of pneumonia
every 15 seconds and 1 smoking-related death every 13 seconds. The enormous<br />
public challenge posed by the combined epidemics of tobacco smoking, HIV, TB<br />
and COPD, is undoubtedly alarming.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">More than 2 billion people or a third of the world's total population, are infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is
now the world's seventh-leading cause of death. It killed 1.8 million people<br />
worldwide last year, up from 1.77 million in 2007. It is one of the three<br />
primary diseases that are closely linked to poverty, the other two being AIDS<br />
and malaria.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Tobacco smoking is unquestionably the primary risk factor for COPD. More than 5 million deaths are attributed to tobacco use every year.
Smokers have two fold higher risk of developing active TB disease. Tobacco<br />
smokers have 2 times more risk of dieing of TB. Tobacco smoke increases the<br />
risk of pneumonia, influenza, menningococcal meningitis, among others. Evidence<br />
is accumulating that smoking is a risk factor for TB. However there is no<br />
published data on the cellular interactions of tobacco smoke and mycobacterium<br />
tuberculosis. The risk to develop active TB disease is higher when tobacco<br />
smoking is combined with alcohol.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dr Donald Enarson stressed that tobacco smoking cessation is an important part of the comprehensive tobacco control programme, and not
the only part. So all components of the comprehensive tobacco control measures<br />
should be implemented for improving public health outcomes. Dr Enarson was<br />
referring to MPOWER report from Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) of WHO which<br />
outlines the MPOWER package, a set of six key tobacco control measures that<br />
reflect and build on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC, global<br />
tobacco treaty). Another delegates remarked that MPOWER is in line with the<br />
global tobacco treaty - FCTC - and we should be demanding implementation of the<br />
treaty to which governments have committed to enforce. The WHO FCTC is the<br />
first public health and corporate accountability treaty, said a delegate from<br />
India. Comprehensive tobacco control programmes can yield major public health<br />
outcomes, as 30% of male TB patients die of tobacco smoking.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Asthma is yet another major lung health challenge. It is a chronic disease that affects airways. When people have asthma, the inside
walls of their airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive,<br />
and they may react strongly to things that they are allergic to or find<br />
irritating. When airways react, they get narrower and lungs get less air. This<br />
can cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing, especially<br />
early in the morning or at night. When asthma symptoms become worse than usual,<br />
it's called an asthma attack. In a severe asthma attack, the airways can close<br />
so much that vital organs do not get enough oxygen. People can die from severe<br />
asthma attacks.</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">More than 300 million people around the world have asthma, and the disease imposes a heavy burden on individuals, families, and societies.
The Global Burden of Asthma Report, indicates that asthma control often falls<br />
short and there are many barriers to asthma control around the world. Proper<br />
long-term management of asthma will permit most patients to achieve good<br />
control of their disease. Yet in many regions around the world, this goal is<br />
often not met. Poor asthma control is also seen in the lifestyle limitations<br />
experienced by some people with asthma. For example, in some regions, up to one<br />
in four children with asthma is unable to attend school regularly because of<br />
poor asthma control. Asthma deaths are the ultimate, tragic evidence of<br />
uncontrolled asthma.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">According to the Global Burden of Asthma Report, the majority of asthma deaths in some regions of the world are preventable. Effective
asthma treatments exist and, with proper diagnosis, education, and treatment,<br />
the great majority of asthma patients can achieve and maintain good control of<br />
their disease. When asthma is under control, patients can live full and active<br />
lives.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pneumonia claims two million children under five each year, yet no new drug, vaccine or special diagnostic test is needed to save
their lives. The answers are at hand, and effective treatment is both<br />
inexpensive and widely available.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Host of other conditions that affect the lungs, are preventable, and often treatable.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Let us hope that 2010 Year of The Lung initiative of FIRS puts the spotlight on the long neglected part of human body which New York
Times missed, the lungs.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bobby Ramakant</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Email: <a href="mailto:bobbyramakant@yahoo.com">bobbyramakant@yahoo.com</a></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Online at: <a href="http://www.citizen-news.org/2009/12/year-2010-is-declared-as-year-of-lung.html">http://www.citizen-news.org/2009/12/year-2010-is-declared-as-year-of-lung.html</a></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p> Some thrust areas for improving TB detection, management and controltag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-03-15:2028109:Topic:185422010-03-15T07:29:38.803Zbobby ramakanthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/bobbyramakant
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear TB Competence members,</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">below are some key issues raised by Dr Chauhan, in lead up to the World TB Day (24 March 2010). I look forward to learning experiences from you all if these suggestions are relevant/ workable/ pragmatic to your context?</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><br></br></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">be hearing, bobby</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">---------------------------------…</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><br></br></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear TB Competence members,</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">below are some key issues raised by Dr Chauhan, in lead up to the World TB Day (24 March 2010). I look forward to learning experiences from you all if these suggestions are relevant/ workable/ pragmatic to your context?</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><br/></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">be hearing, bobby</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><br/></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b>Comment: Some thrust areas for improving TB detection, management and control</b></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dr Rajesh Chauhan, India</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">****************************</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">[Mods note: For more information on the forthcoming World TB Day, 24 March 2010, go to: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/">http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/</a>
. Thanks]</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">****************************</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dear Stop-TB members,</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">In the lead up to the World TB Day, 24 March, let me share some thrust areas for improving tuberculosis detection, management and
control.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Having worked both for the Government and now in a private capacity, I think that we need to look into these aspects for making an
impact:</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">(a) Interoperability between the public and the private: An acceptance by the Government healthcare facilities to follow up and provide appropriate
treatment for Tuberculosis once a diagnosis has been made by a private<br />
practitioner (based on laboratory confirmation) should become a routine. This<br />
can mitigate the problems to some extent of incomplete therapy/ non-compliance<br />
owing to cost factor that a patient or the care givers have to face.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">(b) NGOs: All the NGOs (National as well as International NGOs) working in defined geographic areas should be well advertised regularly
and repeatedly as well as frequently as it would help if the layman as well as<br />
the healthcare providers (both in public and the private) so that they are<br />
aware of their role/ aim/ goal/ target, and how can they intend to facilitate<br />
the healthcare goals and be of help. It would also help if the funding/ expense/<br />
targets achieved is also known through regular feed backs in the press/ media.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">(c) Sputum sample collection from doorstep: A system of collecting sputum samples from doorstep may be considered for contact tracing.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Best regards</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dr Rajesh Chauhan</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Sikandra, Agra, India</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Email: drchauhanrajesh@yahoo.com</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p> World TB Day is only two weeks away (24 March)tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-03-10:2028109:Topic:183892010-03-10T04:34:04.112Zbobby ramakanthttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/bobbyramakant
<span style="font-weight: bold;">World TB Day is only two weeks away!</span> Message from the Stop TB Partnership:<br></br>------------------------------------------<br></br><p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">If you have not yet visited the 2010 World TB Day web site, we invite you to do so - go online at: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/">http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/</a></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">We hope…</p>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">World TB Day is only two weeks away!</span> Message from the Stop TB Partnership:<br/>------------------------------------------<br/><p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">If you have not yet visited the 2010 World TB Day web site, we invite you to do so - go online at: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/">http://www.stoptb.org/events/world_tb_day/2010/</a>
</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">We hope you will share your posters and plans for World TB Day events on the World TB Day blog, <a href="http://www.worldtbday.org/">www.worldtbday.org</a>
.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">New on <a href="http://www.worldtbday.org/">www.worldtbday.org</a> : Photojournalist David Rochkind, winner of the 2009 Stop TB Partnership Images
to Stop Tuberculosis Award, is travelling in India and producing a photo<br />
reportage about TB. He will be posting stories weekly about his experiences,<br />
along with some sneak previews of his photos.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">We thank you for your commitment and look forward to a World TB Day campaign that will spur people around the world to a new level of
action against tuberculosis.</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">"We're on the move."</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Judith Mandelbaum-Schmid</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Senior Communications Adviser</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Stop TB Partnership Secretariat</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">World Health Organization</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Geneva, Switzerland</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Email: schmidj@who.int</p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText">Website: <a href="http://www.stoptb.org">www.stoptb.org</a></p>
<br />
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p>