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World Tuberculosis Day Today

'DOTS strategy enhances success in TB treatment'

Staff Correspondent
Success rate has increased in the treatment of tuberculosis following the introduction of Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) strategy and it is now important to maintain this quality of treatment, said the speakers at a press conference yesterday.
Following the initiation of DOTS, the case detection rate increased to about 71 percent in 2006, and treatment success rate increased to 92 percent, they said quoting the Annua) Report of 2007 on Tuberculosis in Bangladesh.
The speakers said due to pursuing of DOTS, TB mortality per 100000 population reduced from 76 in 1990 to 45 in 2006 and TB prevalence reduced from 630 to 391.
Now the challenge is to maintain the high level of political commitment, further strengthening of laboratory services and health information system, and sustaining partnership with NGOs and other institutes, they said.
The press conference was organised at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity auditorium on' the eve'of the1 World .Tuberculosis Day. 2008 which will be observed today.
officer of WHO, and Dr Mohammad Nazrul Islam, superintendent and consultant of TB Control and Training Institute, also spoke on this occasion.
They said TB kills at least 70,000 people and infects 3,00000 people in the country each year. Out of the 200 countries in the world, the disease is preventable in 22 countries, including Bangladesh where the detection rate of the disease is 95 percent.
Prof Barua said the government has taken a five-year plan for combating the disease in the TB-prone areas of the country, including Chittagong HillTracts and haors.
"We have provided training to 80,000 doctors, nurses and health workers for improving our laboratories," he added.
This year the day will be observed with the slogan T am also forpreventingTB'.
Different organisations have taken a daylong programme to mark the day.
These include rally, mobile documentary show, discussion and workshop in Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Bogra including 64 district and 460 tipazila headquarters.
TV talk shoty<> will also ^e held to mark the day.
The conference was organised jointly by DRU, Brae, WHO, ICDDR,B, Natab, UPHCP and Damien Foundation Bangladesh.
Prof Dr Pravat Chandra Barua, Line Director of National TB Control and Leprosy Elimination Programme Dr MA Hamid Salim of Damien Foundation Bangladesh, Dr ABM Tauhidul Islam, national