About 0.19m people get infected with TB: 3,700 die a year

RAJSHAHI, Mar 29 (BSS): Nearly 0.19 million (1.90 lakh) people are infected with tuberculosis and around 3,700 die every year in the country, speakers at a press conference said here recently.

They viewed Bangladesh has attained a significance success in TB prevention programme during the last couple of years and recovery rate is 95 per cent.

They, however, said journalists have a vital role to play in creating mass-awareness about the disease so that people in general can prevent it themselves through the best uses of the government and non-government level health services.

Offices of Divisional Director of Health and Civil Surgeon jointly organized the press conference in association with National TB Control Programme and Damien Foundation at the conference hall of Divisional Director of Health in the city to mark the world TB Day-2015.

During his keynote speech, Dr Gaziul Alam, Divisional Director-in-Charge of Health, urged the journalists to help doctors and health workers in identifying TB patients and bring them under treatment.