Qatar- World TB Day marked
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Patients with tuberculosis (TB) can normally return to work within two to four weeks of initiating treatment, say experts.
Although the risk is greater in persons suffering from other conditions that impair the immune system, including malnutrition and diabetes, those infected with the TB bacteria have a 10 percent lifetime risk of falling ill.
In a joint effort to help raise awareness about the disease, treatment options and help mitigate effects of some of its misconceptions, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Supreme Council of Health (SCH), and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) World Tuberculosis (TB) Day marked World TB Day.
"Our goal is to focus on the expatriate communities in Qatar, including Indian, Nepalese, Filipino and Bangladeshi. It is critical to call on everyone to come out and get educated. Education about treatment and prevention measures is a top priority in the fight against TB - one of the world's top infectious killers," said Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Manager, National TB Programme.
In collaboration with SCH and PHCC, HMC held a three-day event at a tent near Grand Mall, West End Park in the Industrial Area.
Information leaflets in different languages were distributed to participants. Similar activities were held in Asian schools and polyclinics.
Free check-ups were offered to visitors at West End Park event and those showed symptoms were referred to TB Clinic at Infectious Diseases Unit.
TB treatment is free in Qatar.
TB spreads from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or expel saliva, they propel TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to get infected.
When a person develops active TB (disease), symptoms may be mild for weeks to months. Common symptoms of active lung TB are cough with sputum and blood at times, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats.
According to World Health Organisation, active, drug-sensitive TB disease is treated with a standard six-month course of four antimicrobial drugs that are provided with information, supervision and support to the patient by a health worker or trained volunteer.
Without such supervision and support, treatment adherence can be difficult and the disease can spread.
Although the risk is greater in persons suffering from other conditions that impair the immune system, including malnutrition and diabetes, those infected with the TB bacteria have a 10 percent lifetime risk of falling ill.
In a joint effort to help raise awareness about the disease, treatment options and help mitigate effects of some of its misconceptions, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Supreme Council of Health (SCH), and Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) World Tuberculosis (TB) Day marked World TB Day.
"Our goal is to focus on the expatriate communities in Qatar, including Indian, Nepalese, Filipino and Bangladeshi. It is critical to call on everyone to come out and get educated. Education about treatment and prevention measures is a top priority in the fight against TB - one of the world's top infectious killers," said Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Manager, National TB Programme.
In collaboration with SCH and PHCC, HMC held a three-day event at a tent near Grand Mall, West End Park in the Industrial Area.
Information leaflets in different languages were distributed to participants. Similar activities were held in Asian schools and polyclinics.
Free check-ups were offered to visitors at West End Park event and those showed symptoms were referred to TB Clinic at Infectious Diseases Unit.
TB treatment is free in Qatar.
TB spreads from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB cough, sneeze or expel saliva, they propel TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to get infected.
When a person develops active TB (disease), symptoms may be mild for weeks to months. Common symptoms of active lung TB are cough with sputum and blood at times, chest pains, weakness, weight loss, fever and night sweats.
According to World Health Organisation, active, drug-sensitive TB disease is treated with a standard six-month course of four antimicrobial drugs that are provided with information, supervision and support to the patient by a health worker or trained volunteer.
Without such supervision and support, treatment adherence can be difficult and the disease can spread.
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