Newsletter #85 - World TB Day

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Dear fellow IPSFers,

From the land of mul cultures, ages of historyand di erent customs I fold my hands and greeteveryone. NAMASATE (Indian way of sayinghello).

The World Health organiza on (WHO) hasdeclared 24th of March as the World TuberculosisDay and in response to this, the Interna onalPharmaceu cal Students Federa on (IPSF)would like to invite you to take part in the annual

TB Awareness Campaign to enlighten few moremen and women against the dreadful disease of tuberculosis.

ALERT TODAY ALIVE TOMMORROW

YOUR LIFE IS NOT FOR TB TO BORROW.

For any informa on and guidance please feelfree to contact me at ([email protected]).

Regards

Jasmit Singh

TB Coordinator

2010 2011

2 Facts abouttuberculosis3 Whats DOTS?

4 Ques ons/Aswers

6 Ideas for theCampaign

8 Useful LinksSpecial ThanksLast but notleast

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WhatsDOTS?

DOTS or Directly Observed Treatment Short course is the

interna onally recommended strategy for TB control that hasbeen recognized as a highly e cient and cost-e ec ve strategy.

DOTS comprises of ve components:

1. Sustained poli cal and nancial commitment.

2. Diagnosis by quality ensured sputum-smear microscopy.3. Standardized short-course an -TB treatment (SCC) given

under direct and suppor ve observa on (DOT).

4. A regular, uninterrupted supply of high quality an -TB drugs.

5. Standardized recording and repor ng.

Since 1995, 41 million people have been successfully treatedand up to 6 million lives saved through DOTS and the Stop TBStrategy

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QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

Who canget TB?

What are thesymptoms of TB?

How is TBdiagnosed?

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QUESTIONS/ASWERS

What careshould be

taken once TBis diagnosed? Given the high u liza on of

pharmacy services, we may bethe rst and the last people to

meet the pa ent. We as pharmacystudents and young pharmacistsare in the posi on of being healthcare providers who are in primarycontact with our pa ent. We cancontribute signi cantly to di erenttasks essen al for quality TB care.We can assist in early iden ca on

of TB suspects and refer them fordiagnosis thereby reducing delaysin diagnosis, saving costs of care

and increasing case detec on.

Finally making theearth free from TB.

What canwe DO?

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IDEAS for the Campaign

Set up aninforma ondesk with

yers, posters,

guidelines of TBtreatment.

Organize acharity run and

raise maximumfunds possible.

Interac veac vi es.

Distribute ahandkerchief.

Standingfreeze for 1

or 2 minutes inareas near the

campaign

Mo vate peopleto cover mouth

or nose withhandkerchief while

they sneeze.

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IDEAS for the Campaign

Ask apharmaceu cal

company todonate An -TB

drugs.

This canbe inside themall or other

public places.

Invite TB pa entsto come to your

faculty to carry out aworkshop about TB

awareness.

Collaborate

with other localor na onal TBorganiza ons.

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Useful Links

Special Thanks

Last but not least

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mailto:tb%40ipsf.org?subject=Anti-TB%20Campaignmailto:publichealth%40ipsf.org?subject=Anti-TB%20Campaignhttp://www.theunion.org/http://www.itfweb.org/http://www.worldtbday.org/http://www.who.int/tb


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Interna onal Pharmaceu cal Students Federa on

P.O BOX 842002508 AE Den HaagThe Netherlands

Tel: +31 70 302 1992Fax: +31 70 302 1999

Email: [email protected]: www.ipsf.org
http://ipsf.org/

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