Combat TB Drive
Children under the age of five also stand a high risk of contracting TB and as a result parents are encouraged to bring their children to the clinic for vaccines against the disease.
In support of world Tuberculosis (TB) month Empathe Clinic hosted a combat TB drive on March 24.
The drive was attended by many and consisted of an in-depth analysis on TB awareness and prevention. Discussions on who is at risk also featured in the programme. This came after the amount of HIV Aids sufferers with TB dropped drastically due to increased treatment but the amount of non HIV Aids sufferers contracting TB has increased.
Children under the age of five also stand a high risk of contracting TB and as a result parents are encouraged to bring their children to the clinic for vaccines against the disease.
The relationship between TB and HIV-AIDS was also on the agenda. Discussions on how TB and HIV-AIDS are interlinked were discussed at length. According to Nurse Ndima, one of the many nurses present, “if you have TB you should have a test for HIV conducted as it is common among HIV Aids sufferers”.
Multi Drug Resistant TB (MDR) was also touched on. Nurse Ndima stressed, “the importance of continuing or completing the prescribed six-month course given for TB otherwise it leads to MDR which in most cases cannot be treated”.
