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TB claims 43 lives per lakh a yr

Seminar told

Staff Correspondent
At least 43 in every hundred thousand people die of tuberculosis in Bangladesh annually, while over six lakh have been suffering from this disease.
Despite the government initiatives to check the disease, around 3.3 lakh contract the disease each year.
This was revealed at a seminar on “Lung Health and Tuberculosis Control: Present Situation and Future Direction" in the capital yesterday.
English daily The New Age and Brae jointly organised the event at Brae Centre Inn at Mohakhali.
Around 20 percent of our people aged over 40 have been suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, while 6.2 percent people aged over 15 suffer from asthma, said Dr Mojibur Rahman, consultant of National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTP).
About 70 percent of the total male cancer patients are victims of lung cancer, he added.
Speakers at the roundtable stressed the need for coordinated action from the government and non-government organisations and raising awareness among the people to prevent the disease.
Ashaque Hussain, director (mycobacterial diseases control) at the Directorate General of Health Services, said they plan to provide modern equipment for Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) centres across the country to check the disease.
He emphasised the importance of reducing poverty, expanding education and building awareness among the people to eliminate TB.
Maasranga Television Chief Executive Officer Syed Fahim Munaim urged the NTP officials to include the media in the
programme to disseminate information widely.
Moderating the function, The New Age Editor Nurul Kabir called for greater coordination among the stakeholders of public health, education, mass media and other related bodies to eradicate the disease.
Prof Mesbah Kamal of Dhaka University urged the government to impose restriction on production and use of tobacco.
Brae Health Programme Director Kaosar Afsana, Brae Senior Adviser (communications) Afsan Chowdhury, physician of Dhaka Shishu Hospital Prof Ruhul Amin, Dhaka Community Hospital Trust coordinator Prof Mahmudur Rahman spoke, among others.
They also urged to give priority to preventive measures instead of curing the disease.