TB District Surveillance Medical Officers are an integral part of NTP, Bangladesh

 

TB District Surveillance Medical Officers are an integral part of NTP until Bangladesh reaches the End  TB by 2030 - Dr. Zabeen

TB District Surveillance Medical Officers (DSMOs) is a part of the National Control Programme (NTP), in Bangladesh to END TB by 2030. Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, Divisional TB Expert, Dhaka South stresses the need for the DSMOs continuity in NTP until Bangladesh reaches Zero TB Deaths, Zero Tuberculosis, and Zero catastrophic cost. Dr. Zabeen further added that DSMOs hired by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria  (GFATM) grant and requests government officials to include them in the currently developing operational plan of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FP) to reach the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets on TB at the DSMOs get together meeting. 

                              Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen

Dr. Ibrahim Mazi, DSMO, Shariatpur informed the meeting about the DSMOs' different field-level activities. Dr. Joieta Tushi, DSMO, Naogoan, and others anchored the meeting. The DSMOs Welcomed the guests with flowers. The meeting ends with a video presentation of different field-level activities of all DSMOs.

Dr. Md Mahfuzur Rahman Sharkar, Line Director TB–Leprosy, and ASP presided over the meeting.

 

World TB DAY 2024

World TB DAY 2024

Civil Society Note

Point to Ponder

Dhaka begins the World TB Day 2024 celebration with the call YES! WE CAN END TB. The last year’s theme’s continuation YES! WE CAN END TB by 2023 to bring powers collectively to achieve the United Nations High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on Tuberculosis 2023’s political targets to END TB; the theme narrates a few more things like the engagement of those affected by TB, communities, and civil society to lead the movement to END TB. 

The TB STUDY GROUP (TSG), a civil society organization in Bangladesh believes that diagnosis of Tuberculosis is difficult. The TSG stresses the expansion of molecular WHO Recommended Diagnostics Cartridge-based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CB-NAAT)- GeneXpert and Tuenut, innovation of newer drug for short-course treatment and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for ending this disease. 

 

The TSG also recommends early availability of anti-TB vaccine; the few anti-TB vaccine candidates in phase III trial. Those vaccines must complete the trials soon, the completion of safety tests, and those anti- TB vaccines must be available to save more lives from tuberculosis. 

 

The TSG firmly believes in the strength of those affected by Tuberculosis, communities, and civil societies that YES! WE CAN END TB; হ্যাঁ! আমরা যক্ষ্মা নির্মূল করতে পারি ।

Preventing Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Together

 World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), 2023

Civil Society Note 

Point to Ponder 

World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) begins on 18 November; it will end on 24 November 2023 with a call Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance together to generate awareness among people about the menace of the development of resistance against all antimicrobial agents. Currently, resistance is growing against the ancient bacteria Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. The anti-tubercular drugs Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol are administered to treat all forms of Tuberculosis. All these drugs have nowadays developed resistance, making TB Treatment difficult. One school of thought believes that development-resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis is a sequel of man-made phenomenon. The appropriate dose and schedule can prevent resistance if Directly Observed Treatment (DOT) is maintained.

TB Study Group (TSG) on World AMR Awareness Week calls for the proper administration of DOT for all forms of TB Treatment to prevent Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis together.   

Urgently ENDING TB Needs Uninterrupted Supply Chain

Civil Society Note 

Point to Ponder 

Urgently Ending TB is a mammoth task for TB Advocates, activists, and healthcare workers. Other points that hampered the effective TB Control Program are wide gaps between TB commitments and TB realities like on-the-ground budgetary allocation and availability of funds with the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the National Tuberculosis Control Program to procure the anti-TB drug and reagent in time. Therefore, uninterrupted drug supplies and reagents face shortages at the community level.

Hence, implementation of quality Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS) to save lives. It is the duty of the government to allocate resources timely and adequately to ensure effective TB services to save lives.

United Nation High Level Meeting (UNHLM) 2023

Civil Society Note

Point to Ponder 

UNHLM 2023 on TB

(22 September 2023)

TB STUDY GROUP (TSG) humbly requests all UN member states to allocate adequate resources for urgently Ending TB worldwide. TSG also urges to set up a realistic target for diagnosing and treating all forms of TB; unrealistic targets can be misleading for TB workers to End TB.

Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, Honorary Chief Executive Officer (CEO), TB STUDY GROUP

An effective TB vaccine is needed to prevent TB from Latent TB Infection (LTBI) by 50%. The heads of government and states who will attend the 78th UNGA firmly plead to allocate enough funds for effective TB vaccine development as soon as possible to make a TB-free World.

Bangladesh Tuberculosis Scenario

World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates 75 years of health services

 Bangladesh as a member states of World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates 75 years of WHO in befitting manners. Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, public health specialist and TB activists in an television interview stated that the services by WHO in last 75 years saves many life's in the world. He also reiterates that implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through Primary Health Care (PHC) ensuring Essential Health Coverage saves billion of life's  in the world. 

World Tuberculosis Day 2023: Information on Tuberculosis

Dr. Ahmed Parvez Zabeen, Public Health Specialist and Tuberculosis Activist informs about what is tuberculosis, signs and symptoms, treatment and prevention on World Tuberculosis Day 2023. 

Bangladesh celebrates World TB Day 2023

 

Bangladesh celebrates World TB Day 2023 with renewed calls for YES! WE CAN END TB; হ্যাঁ! আমরা যক্ষ্মা নির্মূল করতে পারি। 

Bangladesh celebrates World TB Day 2020

 Pre-COVID 19 era celebration of World TB Day 2020. First index case of COVID 19 detected in 8th March 20220. The out-door celebration begins on 1st March 2020. Later on, every events was suspended due to upsurge of COVID 19. SARS CoV 2 virus was responsible for pandemic all over the world.